Online Community Survey on Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Synthesis
Open through Thursday, 30 September 2004
Online Survey Form and current survey results are available at:
http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/community_survey.html
For more information on the ARCSS Program and activities, including the
Community Survey, please go to:
http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/arcss.html
or contact:
Dan Ferguson, ARCUS
Phone: 907-474-1600
E-mail: dan [at] arcus.org
This survey is one of several steps being taken by ARCUS on behalf of
the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arctic System Science (ARCSS)
Program to support community involvement in ARCSS Program planning.
Since its inception in 1989, the ARCSS Program has strived to gain an
understanding of how the Arctic works as a system and how the Arctic is
connected with global processes.
Building on nearly fifteen years of observation, modeling, and process
studies, ARCSS is now entering a synthesis-driven phase aimed at
achieving system level understanding of the Arctic. A successful
synthesis effort will require community involvement in all phases of
developing priorities, planning, and conducting research that will
contribute to the synthesis. The research community will lead the
development of approaches to scientific synthesis and, in response to
announcements of opportunity from the ARCSS Program, the implementation
of projects that will contribute to the synthesis.
This survey, one of several ways in which the research community will
guide the synthesis effort, includes questions on key components and
processes of the arctic system, methodological approaches to system
synthesis, community needs, and related arctic system themes.
More information about the ARCSS Program can be found at:
http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/arcss.html
To participate in the Community Survey and to see the latest survey
results, go to:
http://www.arcus.org/ARCSS/community_survey.html
The survey will be open through Thursday, 30 September 2004.