Alaska Climate Webinar Announcement
A Tale of Two Synthesis Efforts: The PacMARS and SOAR Programs
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy
Speakers: Jackie Grebmeier, UMCES and Sue Moore, NOAA/Fisheries
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
10:00-11:00 a.m. AKST
To register for the webinar, please fill out the form available at:
https://accap.uaf.edu/PacMARS_SOAR
The Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP) will host a
webinar titled "A Tale of Two Synthesis Efforts: The PacMARS and SOAR
Programs" on Tuesday, 18 November 2014 from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. AKST. It
will be presented by Jackie Grebmeier (UMCES) and Sue Moore
(NOAA/Fisheries).
Over the past 2-3 years, the PacMARS and SOAR programs have focused the
efforts of a suite of researchers, Arctic residents, and resource
managers on providing a synthesis of existing information regarding the
state of the Pacific Arctic marine ecosystem. While the two programs
have similar goals, the approach taken by each can be likened to the
'tortoise/SOAR and hare/PacMARS' story.
The Synthesis of Arctic Research (SOAR/5 year program), supported by the
BOEM, Alaska Region, was initiated in 2011 with the overarching goal to
increase scientific understanding of the relationships among
oceanographic conditions, benthic organisms, lower trophic prey species
(forage fish and zooplankton), seabirds, and marine mammal distribution
and behavior in the Pacific Arctic--with results of this effort the
publication of peer-reviewed papers as a 'special issue' of a science
journal coupled to outreach communications to local residents, resource
managers and the public (http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/soar/).
The Pacific Marine Arctic Synthesis (PacMARS/2 year program), supported
by the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), was initiated in 2012, with
the overall goal to provide guidance for scientific research needs in
the region, as well as to serve stakeholder needs for understanding this
important ecosystem and its vulnerabilities--with results of this effort
the publication of a final report listing all relevant data sources and
the establishment of a data portal to provide efficient access to these
data for scientists, resource managers and the public
(http://pacmars.cbl.umces.edu/).
To register for the webinar, please go to:
https://accap.uaf.edu/PacMARS_SOAR
For further information on the ACCAP Alaska Climate webinars, to
subscribe to their podcasts, and for archived webinars please go to:
http://accap.uaf.edu/webinars.
For questions, please contact:
Tina Buxbaum
Phone: 907-474-7812
Email: tmbuxbaum [at] alaska.edu
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