HR: 09:00h
AN: C41A-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Update on Efforts of the U.S. National Committee for the International Polar Year
AU: * Albert, M R
EM: mary.r.albert@erdc.usace.army.mil
AF: ERDC Cold Regions Research & Engineering Lab, 72 Lyme Road, Hanover, NH 03755
AU: Elfring, C
EM: celfring@nas.edu
AF: Polar Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 500 5th St NW, Washington, DC 20001
AB: The polar regions hold the scientific keys to our changing world and capture the imaginations of people everywhere. Plans are now well underway for the International Polar Year (IPY) in 2007-2008. IPY 2007-2008 will be an intense, internationally coordinated multidisciplinary campaign of polar observations, research, and analysis. It will serve as the dawn of a new era in polar science, focused on the Arctic and Antarctic but drawing attention to the strong linkages to the rest of the globe. IPY 2007-2008 will educate and excite the public, and help produce the next generation of engineers, scientists, and leaders. Formed in the summer of 2003, the U.S. National Committee for the IPY has initiated conversations at meetings large and small, held internet discussions, and has listened to ideas voiced by the research community. The U.S. National Committee has worked to serve as a facilitator between the scientific community and our national agencies, helping to nurture ideas and partnerships that can lead to new international endeavors. Many US scientists and organizations have submitted their letters of intent to the ICSU-WMO group for international approval. In this presentation we give a broad overview of submissions from the community and an update on USNC activities for the International Polar Year.
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE (New category)
DE: 1800 HYDROLOGY
DE: 6600 PUBLIC ISSUES
DE: 9310 Antarctica
DE: 9315 Arctic region
SC: Cryosphere [C]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly