{"id":232,"date":"2025-10-23T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/?page_id=232"},"modified":"2026-01-12T20:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:00:29","slug":"5-2-1-1-aaokh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/?page_id=232","title":{"rendered":"AAOKH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"389\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-33 size-large\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/L1040686-scaled-e1761293659328-1024x389.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/L1040686-scaled-e1761293659328-1024x389.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/L1040686-scaled-e1761293659328-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/L1040686-scaled-e1761293659328-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/L1040686-scaled-e1761293659328-1536x584.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/L1040686-scaled-e1761293659328-2048x778.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-ast-global-color-4-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ast-global-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-4231dd84799d2595a91887ece2defb07\">Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arctic-aok.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AAOKH<\/a> stands for Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub. AAOKH is the community observing component that was continued when the SIZONet program was concluded.&nbsp;The SIZONet program was a long-term observing program to provide data responsive to the needs of scientists and stakeholders. SIZONet included instrumented observations such as: shore-based and drift-ice measurements of ice motion, key mass-balance variables and airborne ice thickness. One component of SIZONet involved collaborating with coastal communities in northern and western Alaska to document sea ice, weather and wildlife observations with goals to preserve and pass on local and traditional knowledge of sea ice and its use.&nbsp;The AAOKH program goals includes working with local experts to empower and support communities to conduct scientific measurements that relate to community concerns. The AAOKH has an observing focus on changes in the cryosphere (snow, ice, permafrost) and its effects on the seasonal cycle of subsistence harvest activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AAOKH serve as a forum to bring together local experts and researchers for communication and exchange of aspects of the&nbsp;seasonal cycle of snow and ice in all its forms and how this matters to the people in Alaska\u2019s Arctic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-23441af8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/?page_id=283\">Manuals<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/monitoringmatters.org\/?page_id=282\">Lessons Learned<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAOKH stands for Alaska Arctic Observatory and Knowledge Hub. 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