To help characterize and understand the dramatic changes occurring throughout the Arctic region, the US GEOTRACES SSC has launched a planning effort for a US Arctic GEOTRACES initiative, with a cruise tentatively planned for 2015. In preparation for this initiative, several information and planning meetings are scheduled. Initially, three events are planned to update the community as to the status of the planning process and to solicit input from attendees.
The second of these three events will be a town hall meeting at the Ocean Sciences meeting in Salt Lake City (Wednesday, February 22 at 6pm, Room 151 A,B,C,G at the Salt Palace). The objective of this event is to update the community as to the status of the planning process and to solicit input from attendees. Information for this event is available online at http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012/workshops.asp#EVW09.
General information regarding the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting (20-24 February 2012, Salt Lake City) is also available online http://www.sgmeet.com/osm2012
Thirdly, a community implementation workshop will be scheduled for the late spring-early summer time frame. Further information will be distributed via email, and posted on the US GEOTRACES web site http://www.usgeotraces.org/ when a venue has been secured.
Finally, a community implementation workshop will be scheduled for the late spring-early summer time frame. Further information will be distributed via email, and posted on the US GEOTRACES web site when a venue has been secured.
