Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences (PARCS) Community-Wide Meeting
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Boulder, CO
10 March 2004
For further information or to include your name on the mailing list for
the next circular, please contact:
Darrell Kaufman (Darrell.Kaufman [at] nau.edu)
http://www.geo.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/geo/showprog.pl?id=19&div=atm
Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences (PARCS) Community-Wide Meeting
WHEN
10 March 2004
WHERE
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder CO
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
(1) Anyone with data relevant to, or anyone with an interest in, the
PARCS current research focus, "Modes of Arctic Climatic Variability
and Warmth". PARCS current research focus is an area of research
interest within NSF-Earth System History Program and is a contribution
to the Arctic System Science Program. The current research plan is
available at:
http://www.geo.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/geo/showprog.pl?id=19&div=atm
(2) Anyone interested in paleoenvironmental research in the Arctic and
with ideas for new coordinated research directions. If you have
active research involving proxy records of paleoenvironmental change
in the Arctic, or if you intend to develop such research, please
attend.
GOALS
Coordinate on-going research activities.
(1) Develop an inventory of new and up-coming proxy records by
researchers intending to participate in "Modes of Arctic Climatic
Variability and Warmth."
(2) Coordinate research activities to focus on common goals, and to
build a network of sites from which to produce integrated results.
(3) Present the data management framework that will facilitate
syntheses, including the products identified in the research plan.
Plan for the future of coordinated arctic paleo research.
(1) Inform the community about developments at NSF related to
paleoenvrionmental arctic sciences
(2) Solicit and discuss ideas for new coordinated research directions.
Exchange scientific information. Following the PARCS meeting, the Arctic
Workshop will host a special session for researchers to communicate
(talks and posters) new results relevant to "Modes of Arctic Climatic
Variability and Warmth." The session will focus on new studies of:
(1) high-resolution (annual to decadal) proxy records that extend
through the 20th century that can be used to address questions such as
the periodicity and persistence of climatic patterns within the
Arctic.
(2) marine, terrestrial, and biological systems during periods when
the Arctic shifted toward and experienced warmer conditions in the
past, including during:
(a) the last two millennia
(b) other Holocene warm intervals
(c) the last interglaciation.
TRAVEL FUNDS
The PARCS Science Management Office can support some travel on an
as-needed basis.
CONTACT
For further information or to include your name on the mailing list for
the next circular, please contact:
Darrell Kaufman (Darrell.Kaufman [at] nau.edu)
Please indicate whether you are seeking travel support.