update from the u.s. national committee for the ipy mary albert, chair
DESCRIPTION
International Polar Year 2007-08. Update from the U.S. National Committee for the IPY Mary Albert, Chair Sheldon Drobot, Study Director. www.us-ipy.org. Polar Research Board www.nas.edu/prb. Timeline. Community Input. Draft report available for community comment. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Update from the U.S. National Committee for the IPY
Mary Albert, ChairSheldon Drobot, Study Director
Polar Research Boardwww.nas.edu/prb
International Polar Year 2007-08
www.us-ipy.org
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Timeline
2003
NAS funds planning
U.S. National Committee Organization
Draft input
Draft report available for community comment
U.S. report due to International IPY committee
U.S. report publication
community & agency planning
International Polar Year
Community Input
Committee Action
2004 ‘05 ‘06 ‘07 ‘08input for vision & science
Phase II:Implementation
Report?
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
US Planning Committee
Mary Albert, Chair, ERDC CRRELCecilia Bitz, WashingtonJohn Kelley, Alaska-FairbanksDouglas Wiens, Washington U. at St. Louis Igor Krupnik, Smithsonian Institution Louis Lanzerotti, Bell Laboratories/Lucent
TechnologiesPhilip Smith, McGeary & SmithJerry Bowen, CBS News Richard Glenn, Arctic Slope Regional
CorporationGeorge Somero, StanfordCristina Takacs-Vesbach, New Mexico
Robert Bindschadler, NASA - GSFC David Bromwich, Ohio StateGunter Weller, Alaska-FairbanksJacqueline Grebmeier, TennesseePeter Schlosser, Lamont-Doherty Earth
ObservatoryChuck Kennicutt (Ex-officio), Texas A&MTerry Wilson (Ex-officio), Ohio StatePatrick Webber (Ex-officio), Michigan StateChris Elfring, NRCSheldon Drobot, NRCKristen Averyt, NRC
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Past Events
Polar Research Board Session on IPY (Nov 2002) SEARCH Open Science Meeting (Oct 2003) Senior Arctic Officials Meeting of the Arctic Council (Oct 2003) 3rd SBI Pan-Arctic Meeting (Nov 2003) International Arctic Social Science Meeting Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting (Dec 2003) Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting (Jan 2004) American Geophysical Union - Ocean Sciences Meeting (Jan
2004) ASLO/TOS Joint Ocean Research Conference (Feb 2004)
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Future Events
USNC IPY National Academy report available May 12, 2004
IPY Session at AGU-CGU in Montreal, Canada May 18. Jointly convened by US & Canada
U.S. committee-community-agency
IPY implementation planning this summer
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Executive Summary
Why an International Polar Year Now?
Scientific Challenges for the IPY
Understanding Change in the Polar Regions
Exploring Scientific Frontiers in the Polar Regions
Technology to Enable Innovative Observations
Increasing Public Understanding of the Polar Regions
Conclusions and Recommendations
Table of Contents US National Committee Report on IPY
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Understanding Change in the Polar RegionsEffects of Human-Environment DynamicsChanges in the Polar Regions in Recent TimesLessons from Past Changes
Exploring Scientific Frontiers in the Polar RegionsExploring Life in the Polar RegionsExploring New Regions
Technology to Enable Innovative ObservationsObserving the Polar Regions During IPY 2007-2008Assembling Long-Term Multidisciplinary Polar Observing SystemsInnovative Data Analysis TechnologyData Archival and Dissemination
from Table of Contents US National Committee Report on IPY
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
IPY scientific challenges
Assessing Large-Scale Environmental Change in the Polar Regions
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
IPY scientific challenges
Exploring Scientific Frontiers in the Polar Regions
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
IPY scientific challenges
Observing the Polar Regions
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
IPY scientific challenges
Effects of Human-Environment Dynamics
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIESAdvisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
IPY scientific challenges
Creating New Connections between Science and the Public