SAON CON:

Updates to Board

Lisa L Loseto, Hannele Savela and Jan Rene Larsen

SAON Board Meeting, May 24, 2016

,

Hannele Savela (on the left)

Experience • INTERACT Transnational Access Coordinator, 2011- • GEO CRI co-lead, 2012- • UArctic Research Area Coordinator, 2015-

Education • PhD in Physiological Zoology, 2005

Recent publications • Bokhorst S et al (2016) Changing Arctic snow

cover: A review of recent developments and assessment of future needs for observations, modelling, and impacts. Ambio, DOI 10.1007/s13280-016-0770-0

• Callaghan T.V. & Savela H. (eds.) INTERACT Stories of Arctic Science..Aarhus University, DCE-Danish Centre for Environment and Energy, 2015.

Interests In addition to working, I enjoy yoga, outdoor sports and spending time with my family.

Updates AOS/ASSW meeting: March 14 2016 • Second face to face meeting

• Objective: review state of inventories, thematic inventories

and links to external groups and deliverables (e.g. EU

PolarNet), future directions

• Strong participation: 9 countries and 4 organizations

• Review of national and network inventories (morning)

• Review of thematic approachs (afternoon)

• Proposal: Community Based Observations-Prof. L. Alessa

Three Tier Approach for Inventory

Deliverables

1. State of National Inventories and reporting of

information about Arctic programs, networks, projects

and platforms

2. Detailed inventory within a specific Arctic theme

3. Inventory templates/parameters

State of National/Organisations’ Inventories (as of 23rd May 2016)

• Written national reports: Canada, Finland, Italy, Norway

• Oral national reports: Denmark, Poland, Russia, Sweden, USA

• Organisations’ written reports: ICC, INTERACT, WMO

• Organisations’ oral reports: CBMP

Written report contents

Coverage Information provided

Projects Networks Platforms Programs Metadata

according to

template

Granted

access to

structured

information

(database)

Structured

information

exists

Canada Y - - - (Y) Y Y

Finland Y Y Y Y Y - ?

Norway Y Y Y Y ? ? Y

ICC - - - Y (Y) - Y

WMO - - Y Y (Y) - Y

Note: A dialogue has been initiated with Japan

EU PolarNet inventory deliverable (Tentative list)

• Compilation of information about and links to major Arctic and

Antarctic monitoring and observational programmes

• Compilation of information about and links to major Arctic and

Antarctic modelling programmes

• Structured inventories of Arctic and Antarctic monitoring and

observational assets

• Structured inventories of institutions with Arctic or Antarctic

monitoring or observational activities

• Countries status reports

• Summary report

NEW: SAON Inventory

2. Thematic Inventories

CBM Atlas

*secured funds with Polar Knowledge until 2017-18 (100K/yr)

Canada: Leveraged funds to contribute to Terrestrial Biodiversity

Monitoring Assessment (CBMP/CAFF) with CBM atlas

• Arctic Fisheries: ‘Scientific Experts on

Fish Stocks in the Central Arctic

Ocean’ and ICES/AMAP/CAFF/PAME

Workshop on Integrated Ecosystem

Assessment Central Arctic Ocean

(WKICA)

• Atmosphere: With WMO and IASOA

• Global Terrestrial Network for

Permafrost

2. Themes

2016 GEO Work Programme

Symposium • Geneva, Switzerland, 2-4 May

• Attended by Peter Pulsifer (SAON ADC) and Hannele Savela

(SAON CON)

– Structure and discussions of the GEO Work Programme 2017-2019

– Bacground discussions between PP and HS about SAON ADC and SAON CON,

and their potential contribution in GEO Cold Regions Initiative (GEO CRI)

• GEO CRI Side meeting 4th May

– GEO CRI Implementation Plan in focus (deadline 27th May) > Tasks, activities,

milestones and deliverables of GEO CRI in 2017-2019

– SAON contribution to GEO CRI, and inputs to the Implementation Plan

> Summary provided by JRL, LL and PP

> Incorporated to the Implementation Plan by HS

Membership to CON

• Requires Attention – currently a mix of representatives from government,

academia that may not be in a position to reflect national

Inventory processes and/or agencies

• Needs for CON membership: – member should be in a position to reflect national interests

and activities under Arctic Observing Inventories

• Highly motivated to be able to network both at the

national level (within and among agencies,

universities, networks) and Internationally within CON

• Ideal have a National SAON Committee team

National Membership Schematic

SAON CON lead SAON ADC rep

SAON Board rep

National

committee

participants

SAON Canada Inventory

Next Steps…

• Revisit and complete updated membership

• Revisit and update the TOR

• Next SAON CON call set for May 27th

Thank you

Extra slides

November 2015:

Approve this document (CON meeting)

Develop and circulate template for 2.1 (Secretariat)

Discuss theme for 2.2

December 2015:

Collect information for 2.1 (CON members)

Update information in SAON PD (CON members)

CON meeting to decide on theme for 2.2 and develop plans for this

CON meeting to outline document on existing inventory capabilities and the need for additional

membership and resources. For the SAON Board

January 2015:

Submit information for 2.1 to Secretariat (CON members)

February 2016:

CON meeting to finalise the document on existing inventory capabilities and the need for additional

membership and resources.

Compile and upload information for 2.1 (Secretariat)

March 2016:

Present a first version of 2.1 and an updated SAON PD for the SAON Board

Face to Face meeting to review inventories and plan forward (c.a. EUpolarNet, Themes, inventories)

Timeline 2015-2016

1.a State of National/Organisational

Inventories

• Does national inventories exist?

• If yes, please briefly describe these, including – Scope/Coverage (geography, themes, temporal)

– Do the inventories cover Arctic programs, networks,

projects or platforms? Other?

– Is the information in the inventories openly accessible? If

yes, is the information accessible to an automated

harvesting process?

– Contact information, including URL

• If no, – Do you have plans for establishing national inventories?

– What will be the scope/coverage (geography, themes,

temporal) for these?

1.b Inventories of National Observational

Assets

• Networks, platforms, programs, projects.

• Simple template (metadata): – Title

– Description

– Geographical coverage

– Contact information

– Start/end year

– URL

• Update historical information:

• National written reports – Canada (w)

– Denmark (o)

– Finland (w)

– Italy (w)

– Norway (w)

– Poland (o)

– Russia (o)

– Sweden (o)

– USA (o)

• Organisations’ reports – CBMP (o)

– ICC (w)

– INTERACT (w)

– WMO (w)

Output CON Meeting: State of National/Organisations’ Inventories

SAON Canada Committee

Plan: in progress…

Development of National

Committee:

- Proposed PKC lead

(continuing from CPC)

- Members of the board

and committees

- Agency participation

(e.g. INAC)

- Regional participation

(e.g. ISR BSOP)

- Station inclusion:

CNNRO (Canadian

Network of Northern

Research Operators)