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INTERAGENCY ARCTIC RESEARCH POLICY COMMITTEE
Brendan P. Kelly Assistant Director for Polar
Sciences Office of Science and Technology
Policy bkelly_at_ostp.eop.gov
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www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/
ostp/2013_arctic_research_plan.pdf
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Premise Rapid changes in climate are altering
ice and snow cover Consequences for Arctic
ecosystems, Indigenous societies, and Global
climate.
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• Sea ice and marine ecosystem
• Land ice terrestrial ecosystem
• Atmospheric processes
• Arctic Observation Network
• Regional Modeling
• Community sustainability
• Human health and well-being

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Workshop to Develop A Conceptual Model of the
Arctic Marine Ecosystem

• 20 synthetic thinkers
• Conceptual model of current ecosystem
• Hypotheses about likely change
• Inform coordinated and joint solicitations
  NSF, NPRB, ONR, NASA, NOAA, BOEM, industry