Survey for The Arctic Observing Network (AON) Design and Implementation (ADI) Task Force

The Arctic Observing Network (AON) Design and Implementation (ADI) Task Force would like to ask for your help with a brief community survey. The survey is designed to allow the arctic observing community and other researchers with an interest in the Arctic Observing Network an opportunity to provide input for the final ADI Task Force document. It is envisioned that results from this survey will help to define the state-of-the-art in terms of an observing network for the Arctic; and open questions, challenges, and potential directions to pursue in further research that can inform future AON design and optimization programs and projects.

The AON Design and Implementation effort provides guidance to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), the scientific community, and others engaged in arctic environmental observations on how to achieve a well-designed, effective, and robust Arctic Observing System.

For the purposes of the survey, the Arctic Observing Network refers to any coordinated long-term effort supported at the local, regional, or national level and aimed at tracking, understanding, or responding to arctic environmental and socioeconomic change. The Arctic Observing Network is a contribution to the interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Program. The core aim of SEARCH is to understand the recent and ongoing complexity of interrelated pan-arctic changes. These changes are affecting ecosystems, living resources, the human population, and local and global economic activities.

Three lucky survey participants will win an umbrella featuring a detailed map of the Arctic. You must provide your contact information to qualify for the prize. Winners will be randomly selected.

To participate in the survey, please go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VLVGJTB.

For more information about SEARCH, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/search/.

For more information about AON, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/search/aon/.

For more information about ADI, please go to: http://www.arcus.org/search/aon/adi/.

For questions, please contact:
Jonathan Pundsack, ARCUS
Email: jonathan@arcus.org

Hajo Eicken, AON ADI Task Force Chair
Email: hajo.eicken@gi.alaska.edu