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Public Forum at the State of the Arctic Conference
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In partial fulfillment of the requirement that each product development team conduct a community workshop during the first project year, the cryosphere team held a public forum at the State of the Arctic Conference (Miami, March 2010) to solicit feedback from the scientific community on the proposed snow and ice climate data records. This was a short, lunchtime forum, but its participants covered a broad range of areas, including algorithm developers, data managers, and international program leaders.
The Team first described the overall goals of the NOAA climate data record (scientific data stewardship) project. The snow and ice project was then presented, including the product development team, objectives, and planned products. Overviews of the algorithms for each product and product examples were given.
The ensuing discussion was interesting and useful. Suggestions included expanded outreach (e.g., a web site), the need for robust assessments of uncertainties, product details such as blocking out coastlines, gridding, and new product possibilities (e.g., meltponds).
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