Terrestrial Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network (CEON)

The key objective of this three-year award is to further the international and multidisciplinary development of the terrestrial Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network (CEON, www.ceoninfo.org). CEON's mission is to strengthen the capacity for emerging monitoring, research and policy needs at high northern latitudes by making data available that is adequate and suitable for addressing a series of well defined key scientific questions and uncertainties. As a priority, this award aims to satisfy the immediate developmental needs identified by the CEON stakeholder community and, where relevant, the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA). This award will also support several other initiatives with a strong Arctic and environmental observation focus, including the second International Conference on Arctic Research Planning (ICARP II), the US National Academy of Sciences blue ribbon panel designing an Arctic Observation Network (AON), and the International Polar Year (IPY). Specifically, this award will: 1. Establish a joint US-Swedish CEON Science Coordination Office (SCO). This is critical for CEONs transition to becoming a fully implemented and multi-laterally funded international network. 2. Convene annual CEON stakeholder and working group meetings to foster the community-based decision making necessary for the development of CEON. Annual stakeholder meetings are likely to attract up to 150 arctic and non-arctic specialists and will encourage CEON partners to convene meetings before or after the CEON meeting and hold and/or participate in workshops that will be used, for example, to offer instruction on standardized sampling protocols and technologies. 3. Continue the development of novel web-based information portals and visualization tools that improve the capacity for transferring scientific, logistic, and educational knowledge and information both within and outside of CEON. These include a CEON email list, the CEON-Internet Map Server (CEON-IMS - www.ceonims.org), the capacity to build regionalized IMS applications centered on focal observatory platforms partnered to CEON, a methodological and standards database, and novel visualization tools that enhance education, outreach and information interactivity.

这项为期三年的资助项目核心目标，是推动环北极陆地环境观测网络（Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network，简称CEON，官网www.ceoninfo.org）的国际化与多学科发展。该网络的使命在于，通过提供充足且适配于解决一系列明确界定的核心科学问题与不确定性的数据集，强化北极高纬度地区应对新兴监测、研究与政策需求的能力。本资助项目将优先满足CEON利益相关方共同体明确提出的紧迫发展需求，并在相关场景下兼顾北极气候影响评估（Arctic Climate Impact Assessment，简称ACIA）的相关要求。此外，本资助项目还将支持多项聚焦北极与环境观测的其他举措，包括第二届北极研究规划国际会议（International Conference on Arctic Research Planning，简称ICARP II）、美国国家科学院为组建北极观测网络（Arctic Observation Network，简称AON）而设立的蓝带专家小组，以及国际极地年（International Polar Year，简称IPY）。具体而言，本资助项目将开展以下工作：1. 设立美-瑞联合CEON科学协调办公室（Science Coordination Office，简称SCO）。此举对CEON转型为全面落地且获得多边资助的国际网络至关重要。2. 召开年度CEON利益相关方与工作组会议，以培育CEON发展所需的社群化决策机制。此类年度利益相关方会议预计将吸引至多150名北极及非北极领域的专家参会，并将鼓励CEON合作伙伴在CEON会议前后召开配套会议，举办或参与各类研讨会——例如，此类研讨会可用于开展标准化采样规程与相关技术的培训。3. 持续开发新型网页端信息门户与可视化工具，以提升CEON内部与外部的科学、后勤及教育知识与信息的传播能力。相关成果包括CEON邮件列表、CEON互联网地图服务器（CEON-Internet Map Server，简称CEON-IMS，官网www.ceonims.org）、以与CEON合作的核心观测平台为中心构建区域化IMS应用的能力、方法学与标准数据库，以及可优化教育、科普推广与信息交互体验的新型可视化工具。