ARCSS Program | Overview

Important Arctic System Science Program Addresses

The objectives of the ARCSS Program are developed by the science community through science steering committees, community planning activities, and through the ARCSS Committee. Each of the major programs and projects of the ARCSS Program have separate science steering and management structures. Data are coordinated by a specific Data Management Protocol and managed and archived at the ARCSS Data Coordination Center at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Because of the focus on system science and the need for ongoing collaboration and coordination, the scientific community recommended that NSF establish an ARCSS Program Office and a community committee to coordinate the activities of the components and to facilitate their integration. At NSF's request, the ARCSS Program Office was established at the Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS), and the first ARCSS Committee was appointed in 1991. One of ARCUS' major activities is planning and coordinating the work of the ARCSS Committee, which serves as the focal point for integration and coordination among the many ARCSS components and projects.


ARCSS Program Science Management
(October 2002)

Arctic System Science (ARCSS) Program

  Neil R. Swanberg, Program Manager
Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 755 S
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703/292-7428 • Fax: 703/292-9081
nswanber@nsf.gov
Luis M. Tupas, Associate Program Director
Office of Polar Programs (OPP)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 740 S
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone: 703/292-7425 • Fax: 703/292-9082
ltupas@nsf.gov
  Jonathan Overpeck, Committee Chair
Institute for the Study of Planet Earth
University of Arizona
715 North Park Avenue 2nd Floor
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: 520/622-9065 • Fax: 520/792-8795
E-Mail: jto@u.arizona.edu
Dan Ferguson, AC Coordination
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
3535 College Road Suite 101
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: 907/474-1600 • Fax: 907/474-1605
E-mail: dan@arcus.org
 
ARCSS Data Coordination
ARCSS Data Coordination Center (ADCC)
  Rudy Dichtl, Data Manager
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Colorado
Campus Box 449
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
Phone: 303/492-5532 • Fax: 303/492-2468
E-mail: dichtl@kryos.colorado.edu
Chris McNeave, Data Coordinator
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Colorado
Campus Box 449
Boulder, CO 80309-0449
Phone: 303/492-5532 • Fax: 303/492-2468
E-mail: mcneave@kryos.colorado.edu
     
Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS)
  James Moore
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
PO Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Phone: 303/497-8635 • Fax: 303/497-8158
E-Mail: jmoore@ucar.edu
Richard A. Dirks
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR)
PO Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Phone: 303/497-8151 • Fax: 303/497-8158
E-Mail: dirks2@ncar.ucar.edu
     
Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences (PARCS)
  Larry Coats, SMO Manager
Department of Geology
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona 86011
Phone: 928/523-0958
E-mail: Larry.Coats@nau.edu
Mathieu Duvall, PARCS Data Manager
Department of Geology
Bates College
Lewiston, ME 04210
Phone: 207/753-6945 • Fax: 207/786-8334
E-mail: mduvall@bates.edu
PARCS Science Steering Committee
  Glen M. MacDonald, SSC Co-chair
Department of Geography
University of California, Los Angeles
405 Hilgard Ave., 1255 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1524
Phone: 310/825-1071 • Fax: 310/206-5976
E-mail: macdonal@geog.ucla.edu
Darrell Kaufman, SSC Co-chair
Northern Arizona University
Department of Geology
Frier Hall, Knoles Ave
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4099
Phone: 928/523-7192 • Fax: 928/523-9220
E-mail: Darrell.Kaufman@nau.edu
     
Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (OAII)
  Lou Codispoti, SMO Director
Jane Hawkey, SMO Manager

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Horn Point Laboratory
P. O. Box 775
Cambridge, MD 21613-0775 USA
Phone: 410/221-8416 • Fax: 410/221-8490
E-mail: hawkey@hpl.umces.edu
E-mail: codispot@hpl.umces.edu
OAII Science Steering Committee
Don Perovich, SSC Chair
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)
72 Lyme RoadHanover, NH 03755-1290
Phone: 603/646-4255 • Fax: 603/646-4644
E-Mail: perovich@crrel.usace.army.mil
     
Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI)
  Jackie Grebmeier, SMO Director
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
10515 Research Drive
Suite 100, Bldg. A
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37932
Phone: 865/974-2592 • Fax 865/974-7896
E-mail: jgrebmei@utk.edu
SBI Science Steering Committee
Jackie Grebmeier, SSC Co-chair


Terry Whitledge, SSC Co-chair
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
P.O. Box 757220
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7220
Phone: 907/474-7229 • Fax: 907/474-7204
E-mail: terry@ims.uaf.edu
     
Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (LAII)
  Matthew Sturm, SMO Director
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
PO Box 35170
Ft. Wainwright, AK 99703-0170
Phone: 907/353-5183 • Fax: 907/353-5142
E-Mail: msturm@crrel.usace.army.mil
Patricia A. Anderson, SMO Deputy Director
The Center for Global Change & Arctic System Research
University of Alaska Fairbanks
PO Box 757740
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-7740
Phone: 907/474-5415 • Fax: 907/474-6722
E-mail: patricia@iarc.uaf.edu

LAII Science Steering Committee
Matthew Sturm, SSC Chair
     
Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC)
  Henry Huntington, SMO Director
Huntington Consulting
23834 The Clearing Drive
Eagle River, AK 99577
Phone: 907/696-3564 • Fax: 907/696-3565
E-mail: hph@alaska.net
Dan Ferguson, HARC SMO Project Manager
Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS)
3535 College Road Suite 101
Fairbanks, AK 99709
Phone: 907/474-1600 • Fax: 907/474-1605
E-mail: dan@arcus.org
     
Russian American Initiative on Shelf-land Environments in the Arctic (RAISE)
  Vladimir Romanovsky, SMO Director
Geophysical Institute
University of Alaska Fairbanks
PO Box 757320
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, U.S.A.
Phone: 907/474-7459 • Fax: 907/474-7290
E-mail: ffver@uaf.edu
RAISE Science Steering Committee
Igor Melnikov, Russain Co-chair

P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology
36, Nakhimovski Pr.
117851 Moscow
Phone: +7.095.124.5996 • Fax: +7.095.124.5983
E-mail: migor@online.ru
  Lee Cooper, U.S. SSC Chair
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee
569 Dabney Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: +1.865.974.2990 • Fax: +1.865.974-3067
E-mail: lcooper1@utk.edu
Sergey Primakov, Russian Co-chair
Arctic and Antarctic Institute 38, Bering Street
199397 St. Petersburg
Phone: +7.812.352.0096 • Fax: +7.812.352.2685
E-mail: priamiks@aari.nw.ru
E-mail: aaricoop@aari.nw.ru