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Introduction<br />

<strong>International</strong> Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere<br />

(IASOA) is a program developed to enhance<br />

Arctic atmospheric research by fostering collaborations<br />

among researchers during <strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong><br />

<strong>Year</strong> (IPY) <strong>2007–2008</strong> and beyond. The member observatories<br />

are Abisko, Sweden; Alert and Eureka, Canada;<br />

Barrow, U.S.A.; Cherskii and Tiksi, Russian Federation;<br />

Ny-Ålesund, Norway; Pallas and Sodankylä, Finland;<br />

and Summit, Greenland (Fig. 3.4-1). All of these observatories<br />

operate year-round, with at least minimal<br />

staffing in the winter months and are intensive and<br />

permanent. IASOA is one of the few IPY projects focusing<br />

on atmospheric research in the Arctic, as shown in<br />

the IPY “honeycomb” plot of projects (Fig. 3.4-2).<br />

In this chapter we present information about<br />

the IASOA project’s goals and accomplishments<br />

during IPY, including our participation in high-profile<br />

meetings and conferences, our commitment to<br />

supporting long-term atmospheric measurements in<br />

the Arctic, the development of a comprehensive web<br />

site (www.iasoa.org) and observatory upgrades.<br />

IASOA Outreach and Legacy Activities<br />

<strong>International</strong> <strong>Polar</strong> <strong>Year</strong> Media Day<br />

During the last few weeks of IPY, the outreach<br />

and education staff at the IPY <strong>International</strong> Program<br />

Office organized a “media blitz” to showcase IPY<br />

projects. As a part of this, IASOA was featured on 10<br />

February 2009 on www.ipy.org. For this media day,<br />

researchers at each IASOA observatory were asked<br />

to provide up-to-date information on IPY research at<br />

their observatories and to be available for journalists<br />

to interview by phone. On www.iasoa.org a media day<br />

PA R T T H R E E : I PY OBSERVING SYS T E M S , T H E I R L E G AC Y A N D DATA M A N AG E M E N T<br />

3.4 <strong>International</strong> Arctic Systems for<br />

Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA)<br />

Lead Authors:<br />

Lisa S. Darby, Taneil Uttal, Alexander Makshtas and James Drummond<br />

Contributing Authors:<br />

Robert Albee, John Burkhart, Ed Dlugokencky, Pierre Fogal, Ludmila Matrosova,<br />

Russell Schnell, Brian Vasel, and Sergei Zimov<br />

Reviewers:<br />

John Calder, Eduard Sarukhanian and Colin Summerhayes<br />

page was created (Fig. 3.4-3), which highlighted recent<br />

activities at six of the observatories (http://iasoa.org/<br />

iasoa/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcat<br />

egory&id=40&Itemid=147).<br />

American Geophysical Union (AGU) Sessions<br />

In an effort to encourage and support pan-Arctic<br />

research, IASOA proposed a session to the 2008 Fall<br />

American Geophysical Union (AGU) conference. The<br />

response to our session was very good, with enough<br />

abstracts to have both oral and poster sessions.<br />

Authors were encouraged to submit papers on studies<br />

using data from two or more IASOA observatories.<br />

Twenty-seven papers covering a broad range of topics<br />

were presented. All abstracts submitted to our AGU<br />

session can be found on the IASOA web site science<br />

page: http://iasoa.org/iasoa/index.php?option=com_<br />

content&task=blogcategory&id=41&Itemid=149.<br />

Cooperative Arctic Data and Information<br />

Service (CADIS)<br />

The Cooperative Arctic Data and Information<br />

Service (CADIS) is an IPY data management and<br />

archival project, primarily for Arctic Observing<br />

Network (AON) and Study of Environmental Arctic<br />

Change (SEARCH) principal investigators (http://<br />

aoncadis.ucar.edu/home.htm, Fig. 3.4-4). The National<br />

Science Foundation (NSF) supports CADIS, which<br />

is a joint project of the University Corporation for<br />

Atmospheric Research (UCAR), the National Center for<br />

Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the National Snow<br />

and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). IASOA is currently in the<br />

exploration phase of supplying metadata and data<br />

links to CADIS.<br />

o b s e r v I n g s Y s t e m s a n d d a t a m a n a g e m e n t 391

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