October 2020 Collaboration Team Meetings Synopsis
November 19, 2020
By Liz Weinberg
Did you miss a collaboration team meeting or are you interested in what collaboration teams discuss? Here is the recap of all October 2020 collaboration team meetings.
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Cancelled: Health & Well-being October Meeting
- Presentations:
- Community perspectives on the Point Barrow krill trap: food security and science- Craig George (-DWM)
- Exploring the Pt Barrow Bowhead Whale Feeding Hotspot- Carin Ashjian () and Stephen Okkonen ()
- Highlights: Together the two presentations helped to develop a picture about the relationships among physical oceanography, climate patterns, krill, and upper-trophic level organisms including humans.
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- Presentations:
- ’s International Summer School in Glaciology - Experiences and challenges- Regine Hock (University of Alaska)
- Research, Education, and Collaboration on the Juneau Icefield Research Program – Seth Campbell (University of Maine)
- Highlights: Regine described ’s International Summer School in Glaciology school which meets in McCarthy bi-annually which provides a space for graduate students going into glaciology programs, who come from diverse disciplinary and cultural backgrounds. The course helps to increase literacy in glaciology, networking, and developing future collaborations. Seth described how JIRP works to build leaders to address issues and pursue making a difference with the mission: “We teach, train, and inspire the scientific leaders of tomorrow.”
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Cancelled: Permafrost October Meeting
Cancelled: Terrestrial Ecosystems October Meeting
- Presentations:
- Transparency and Accessibility of Arctic Research () – Brendan P. Kelly
- Activities: Knowledge Sharing for Stakeholder & Decision-maker Needs - Helen Wiggins
- Bering Region Ocean Data Sharing Initiative Update (BODSI) - Jill Prewitt
- Highlight: The meeting gathered information on the general objectives and recent engagement in , , and BODSI. The specific focus was geared towards the collaboration teams in the new 5-year plan, performance measures, and how these efforts might be relevant to the indigenous community.
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- What’s next: 2020 Post Summer Sampling Season: Research Cruise Update - joint meeting with , , , December 01st, 1-2:30 pm EST
- Presentations:
- Organizational context and progress from the US Board perspective (Roberto Delgado)
- Progress since and on the ROADS process (Sandy Starkweather)
- Arctic and polar data community activities (e.g. hackathons) (Peter Pulsifer)
- Highlights:
- This meeting featured an overview and updates on the US Arctic Observing Network (US ) and its role as a national committee to , the ROADS process, and efforts to create a more cohesive international Arctic data community.
- What’s next: North Atlantic/Arctic Gateway Transports - Joint meeting of the Physical Oceanography Self-Formed Team and Arctic Observing System Sub-Team, November 5th, 1:00-2:00 pm EST
- Topic: Air-Ice-Ocean interactions
- Presentations:
- Challenges and Opportunities of a Year in the Arctic Sea Ice - Matthew Shupe
- Observing the surface energy budget over sea ice at - Christopher J. Cox
- Snow and sea ice and - Don Perovich
- Highlight: This meeting gave an overview of the cruise, outcomes, and research endeavours during the entire project.
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