International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere: An International Polar Year Legacy Consortium
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States)
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States)
- Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS (Canada)
- Univ. Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen (Norway); Finnish Meteorological Inst. (FMI), Helsinki (Finland)
- Arctic and Antarctic Research Inst., St. Petersburg (Russia)
- Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States); Univ. of Oslo (Norway)
- European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Reading (United Kingdom)
- Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam (Germany)
- Univ. of Sherbrooke, QB (Canada); Environment Canada, Downsview, ON (Canada)
- Environment Canada, Downsview, ON (Canada)
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON (Canada)
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
- Finnish Meteorological Inst., Helsinki and Sodankylä (Finland)
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Aarhus Univ. (Denmark)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Norman, OK (United States)
- Finnish Meteorological Inst. (FMI), Helsinki (Finland)
- National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens (Greece)
- Norwegian Meteorological Inst., Oslo (Norway)
- Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Kanagawa (Japan)
- Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)
- Univ. of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB (Canada)
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Cherskii, Republic of Sakha, Yakutia (Russia)
- Univ. of Sherbrooke, QB (Canada)
- Univ. of Toronto, ON (Canada)
- Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO (United States); National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boulder, CO (United States)
- The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Arctic and Antarctic Research Inst., St. Petersburg, (Russia)
- Main Geophysical Observatory, St. Petersburg (Russia)
International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA) activities and partnerships were initiated as a part of the 2007–09 International Polar Year (IPY) and are expected to continue for many decades as a legacy program. The IASOA focus is on coordinating intensive measurements of the Arctic atmosphere collected in the United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, and Greenland to create synthesis science that leads to an understanding of why and not just how the Arctic atmosphere is evolving. The IASOA premise is that there are limitations with Arctic modeling and satellite observations that can only be addressed with boots-on-the-ground, in situ observations and that the potential of combining individual station and network measurements into an integrated observing system is tremendous. The IASOA vision is that by further integrating with other network observing programs focusing on hydrology, glaciology, oceanography, terrestrial, and biological systems it will be possible to understand the mechanisms of the entire Arctic system, perhaps well enough for humans to mitigate undesirable variations and adapt to inevitable change.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth and Environmental Systems Science Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); Academy of Finland; KONE Foundation
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0013306; SC0008830; SC0011918; FG02-05ER64058; ARC-1107428; ARC-0904152; PLR-1314156; PLR-1203889; ARC 12-16489; PLR-1303879; PLR-1546002; PLR-1042531; ARC-0856773; PLR-1414314; 269095; 259537; 283101; 118615; 46-6817
- OSTI ID:
- 1673378
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 97, Issue 6; ISSN 0003-0007
- Publisher:
- American Meteorological SocietyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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