ARCUS Publication Directory

The ARCUS Publication Directory is a portal that includes science planning documents, white papers, newsletters, and other reports that are outside of the peer review literature.

The publications index is listed in chronological order beginning with the most recent publication.


Displaying 81 - 90 of 255 publications.
Release Date: - Sea Ice Outlook

Sea Ice Outlook: 2017 July Report

Outlook Report

Executive Summary


Thank you to the groups that contributed to the 2017 June and July reports. For July we received 36 contributions for pan-Arctic extent predictions. Eight contributed Alaska regional extent predictions, 12 contributed for Antarctica, and two informal contributions were received. This July Outlook report and current conditions was coordinated by lead author James Overland (NOAA) with contributions from Edward Blanchard-Wrigglesworth (University of Washington), François Massonnet (Université Catholique de Louvain and Barcelona Super Computing Center)


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Release Date: - Sea Ice Outlook

Sea Ice Outlook: 2017 June Report

Outlook Report

Executive Summary


Thank you to the groups that contributed to the 2017 June report. We received 33 contributions that include pan-Arctic predictions, 2 additional contributions with a regional focus, and 7 Antarctic forecasts.

This June Outlook report was developed by lead authors Julienne Stroeve (NSIDC) and Walt Meier (NASA GSFC), with contributions from Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth (UW), François Massonnet (Université Catholique de Louvain) and the rest of the SIPN Leadership Team.

The median Outlook value for September 2017 sea ice extent is 4.43 million


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Year: 2016 - Publication

Arctic Resilience Report

M. Carson and G. Peterson (eds.), Arctic Resilience Report. Stockholm Environment Institute and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm, Sweden. 2016. 240 pp.


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Year: 2017 - Publication

Final Report: International Workshop to Reconcile Methane Budgets in the Northern Permafrost Region

McGuire, A.D., B.P. Kelly, L. Sheffield Guy, H.V. Wiggins, L. Bruhwiler, J. Frederick, H. Huntington, R. Jackson, R. Macdonald, C. Miller, D. Olefeldt, E.A.G. Schuur, and M.R. Turetsky, Final Report: International Workshop to Reconcile Methane Budgets in the Northern Permafrost Region. Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), Fairbanks, Alaska. 2017. 14 pp.


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Year: 2017 - Publication

First SEARCH Knowledge Exchange Workshop on the Impacts of Arctic Sea-Ice Loss

First SEARCH Knowledge Exchange Workshop on the Impacts of Arctic Sea-Ice Loss. SEARCH, Fairbanks, Alaska. 2017. 32 pp.


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Year: 2003 - Publication

Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North

Ethical Principles for the Conduct of Research in the North. Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2003. 9 pp.


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Year: 2017 - Publication

Sustaining USArray Capabilities in Alaska

Sustaining USArray Capabilities in Alaska. University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center, Fairbanks, Alaska. 2017. 38 pp.


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Release Date: - Witness the Arctic

Witness the Arctic | Volume 21, Number 1 - Spring

The Spring 2017 issue of Witness the Arctic is now published online. This issue includes summaries on: SEARCH program activities; the Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook; the Sea Ice Prediction Network; a study of water security in rural Alaska; Anchorage Arctic Research Day; the IARPC 5-year Research Plan; the USARC Report on Goals and Objectives for Arctic Research 2017-2018, the National Academies review of a the Draft Climate Science Special Report; an international suicide prevention initiative; a highlight of ARCUS member organization, ABR, Inc.; and comments from ARCUS board members and ARCUS


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Year: 2016 - Publication

Best Practices for Community-based Observing: A National Workshop Report

Lilian Alessa, Andrew Kliskey, Peter Pulsifer, David Griffith, Paula Williams, Matthew Druckenmiller, Heidi McCann, Brit Myers, Grace Beaujean, Lisa Jackson, Best Practices for Community-based Observing: A National Workshop Report. University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. 2016. 30 pp.


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Year: 2016 - Publication

Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic

Noor Johnson, Carolina Behe, Finn Danielsen, Eva-Maria Krümmel, Scot Nickels, Peter L. Pulsifer, Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic. Inuit Circumpolar Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2016. 62 pp.


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