CHARS as a Science Partner For Coordinated Northern EO/RS. APVE Workshop - Ottawa November 2014

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1 CHARS as a Science Partner For Coordinated Northern EO/RS APVE Workshop - Ottawa November 2014

2 World Class Facility: Location: Cambridge Bay, Nunavut Central location and regional hub with significant research potential Plateau site in Cambridge Bay selected February 27, 2013 Population: 1477 (80% Inuit) 2

3 The Canadian High Arctic Research Station A New Centre for Canadian Northern Science ( CHARS - September 2014 o $142.4 m building o completion 2017 o 35 professional staff o 15 support staff o world-class facility o $46.2 m ( ) for CHARS S&T o $26.5 m/yr for on-going S&T o focus on brokering science and facilitating national and international science partnerships o the hub of a strong research presence across Canada s vast and diverse North 3

4 Supporting activities Technology development and transfer Monitoring and reporting Traditional Knowledge Capacity building and outreach Polar Continental Shelf Program Logistics support Knowledge application Inuit Health Survey, 2008 Health and wellness Cross-cutting activities are the foundation of the Station to deliver S&T activities 4

5 CHARS S&T: Five Year Science Priorities Mandated themes Resource Development Exercising Sovereignty Strong and Healthy Communities Environmental Stewardship and Climate Change Short-term priority areas through Alternative and renewable energy for the North Baseline information preparedness for development Underwater situational awareness Infrastructure for development Predicting the impacts of changing ice, permafrost, and snow on shipping, infrastructure, and communities CHARS S&T Management Committee April CHARS S&T Management Committee established. comprised of 30 experts from Canada s 5 northern regions and networks involved in Arctic S&T. CHARS staff working with S&T Ctte to develop Working Groups to move forward on science priorities and cross cutting themes 5

6 CHARS as a Supersite - Proposed Intensive Research and Monitoring Ecosystem Greiner Lake Watershed Greiner Lake Mt. Pelly Cambridge Bay

7 Proposed CHARS Intensive Study Area Greiner Lake Watershed CAVM Subzone D Dwarf Shrub Tundra 7

8 Snow as a Key Ecosystem Driver Snow Bank Ecosystems not flooded flooded Low Shrub Riparian Ecosystems Riverine Marsh Ecosystems 8

9 CHARS Social-ecological System Bioclimatic Zone C Bioclimatic Zone D Kugluktuk o Cor on nati f Gul Bioclimatic Zone E Daring Lake Cambridge Bay Deas e Str ait Gjoa Haven Bioclimatic Zone D Taloyoak

10 CHARS EO/RS Needs Monitoring CHARS mandated to produce a State of the Canadian Arctic Report every 5 years EO/RS critical to this 1. Terrestrial/Freshwater Ecosystems: i. Terrestrial ecosystems, land use, vegetation physiognomy, focal habitats, permafrost, snow, growing season, surface water, wetlands, lake/river ice ii. Scaling up plot based measures to landscapes and the whole Arctic, e.g., snow, shrub cover, biomass, C sequestration 2. Coastal/Marine Ecosystems i. Coastal landform dynamics (erosion and sedimentation) ii. Marine/coastal productivity (chl a, surface temperature) iii. Ice changes and ecosystem/habitat/community effects 10

11 CHARS RS/EO Needs Research 1. Cryosphere Research i. Marine and terrestrial components ii. Important EO/RS contribution linked to ground observations a. permafrost, sea/river/lake ice, snow, glaciers b. ecosystems, habitats, disturbance 2. Baseline Information Preparedness for Development i. Work with regulators, industry, science community and Northerners to develop baseline monitoring and cumulative effects tools for guiding development ii. Habitats, connectivity, roads and infrastructure 3. Infrastructure for Development i. soil stability, flooding/mass wasting, coastal erosion risk ii. community and industrial infrastructure 11

12 Working Together to Optimize Northern Potential Hub and Spoke 12

13 Going Forward CHARS proposal to facilitate, coordinate and support establishment of integrated environmental monitoring across the Canadian North hypothesis-based monitoring cryosphere elements (e.g., snow, permafrost, lake/sea ice) master ecological variables at local, regional and national scales critical components of an integrated ecosystem monitoring model work with government/academic scientists, TLK, northern research stations, colleges, and communities to help establish a geographicallyrepresentative network of monitoring sites network of northern watersheds RS/EO critical for measuring change at landscape scale, and for scaling up from local observations to regional and national assessments work underway to establish a CHARS Monitoring Working Group develop a national northern monitoring plan 13

14 State of the Canadian Arctic Report Ecosystems Federal/Territorial/Academic caribou, muskoxen, whales, fish, seabirds, polar bears/predators, small mammals, migratory birds, raptors, contaminants, permafrost, sea ice, climate, ozone, discharge, WQ Scaling Up CBMP, GCW, ABA, AMAP, IASC, SAON, AON, etc Develop pan-arctic results from models using predictive relationships from researchbased monitoring, distributed networks, and satellite imagery Modeling Monitoring of a suite of indicators for regulatory or community objectives TK and community programs CIMP, NGMP, NCP, PCA Industry Cumulative Effects Surveillance CAMPNet Integrated ecosystem monitoring of selected indicators and ecosystem drivers to understand change and develop predictive models at a range of sites CHARS Research based

15 Thank You Any Questions? Contact Donald McLennan Katherine Wilson 15 Long Point near Cambridge Bay, NU Photo: Donald McLennan