INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic

INTERACTInternational Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic

FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

Morten Rasch1 and Terry Callaghan2

5th GEO European Projects’ WorkshopLondon, 9 February 2011

1National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark

2The Swedish Royal Academy of Science, Sweden

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INTERACTInternational Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the ArcticFP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

Zackenberg

Zackenberg Research Station

Terrestrial facility at Zackenberg

Marine facility at Daneborg

Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring

(GEM)

Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations

(ZERO)

Nuuk Ecological Research Operations

(NERO)

Zackenberg Basic Nuuk Basic

Greenland Ecosystem MonitoringZackenberg Ecological Research Operations

Nuuk Ecological Research Operations

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SCANNET 2001 – 9 sitesSCANNET 2001 – 9 sites

Litla-Skard

Sornfelli

Banchory

Dovre

Abisko

Kevo

Kilipisjärvi

Ny Ålesund

Zackenberg

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SCANNET/INTERACT 2010 – 34 sitesSCANNET/INTERACT 2010 – 34 sites


Main objective:

INTERACT will build capacity for identifying, understanding,

predicting and responding to diverse environmental changes

throughout the wide environmental and land-use envelopes

of the Arctic.



The environmental envelope of INTERACTINTERACT Stations1. Chokurdakh2. Bylot Island3. Samoylov4. Point Barrow5. Spasskaya Pad6. Zackenberg7. Ward Hund Island8. Toolik Lake9. Sverdrup10. Salluit11. Nymto Park Station12. Lac á L’eau Claire13. Ny Aalesund14. Boniface River15. Whapmagoostui –Kuuijjuarapik16. Tarfala17. Kluane Lake18. Arctic Station19. Umiujaq20. Vindelfjällen21. Kilpisjärvi22. Finse23. Sermilik Station24. Kevo25. Mukhrino Field Station26. Radisson27. Svanhovd28. Kolari29. Oulanka30. Khibiny31. Abisko32. Sornfelli33. Litla Skard34. Cairgorms



Zackenberg, now



Zackenberg, now

Zackenberg, future

Temperature increase of 8 ˚C

Doubling of precipitation

Workpackages:

Workpackage 1: Management and coordination (KVA)

Workpackage 2: Station Managers Forum (NERI)

Workpackage 3: International cooperation (NERI)

Workpackage 4: Transnational Access (UOULO)

Workpackage 5: Virtual Instrumentation (ITU)

Workpackage 6: Up-grading, extending and integrating measurements of feedback mechanisms from terrestrial environments in a changing climate (LU)

Workpackage 7: Data management (SLU)

Workpackage 8: Interaction with stakeholders, incl. outreach (NERC)


Workpackages:

Workpackage 2: Station Managers Forum (NERI) • Task 2.1: Establish and coordinate a Station Managers' Forum (Leading Partner: NERI)• Task 2.2: Coordinate monitoring and research between sites (Leading Partner: NERI)• Task 2.3: Catalogue characteristics and capabilities of INTERACT sites (Leading Partner: AWI)• Task 2.4: Establish best practices of station management (Leading Partner: NERI)• Task 2.5: Interaction with the local and international stakeholder communities (Leading Partner: FINI)


Workpackages:

Workpackage 1: Management and coordination (KVA)

Workpackage 2: Station Managers Forum (NERI)

Workpackage 3: International cooperation (NERI)

Workpackage 4: Transnational Access (UOULO)

Workpackage 5: Virtual Instrumentation (ITU)

Workpackage 6: Up-grading, extending and integrating measurements of feedback mechanisms from terrestrial environments in a changing climate (LU)

Workpackage 7: Data management (SLU)

Workpackage 8: Interaction with stakeholders, incl. outreach (NERC)


Partners:1. The Swedish Royal Academy of Science, Sweden

2. National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark

3. University of Oulu, Finland

4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

5. Lund University, Sweden

6. IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

7. Faroe Islands Nature Investigation, Faroe Islands

8. CLU ltd, Italy

9. Stockholm University, Sweden

10. University of Turku, Finland

11. University of Helsinki, Helsinki

12. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland

13. Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

14. Dept of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

15. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland

16. University of Oslo, Norway


16. University of Oslo, Norway

17. Norwegian Inst for Agriculture and Env. Research, Norway

18. Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway

19. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom

20. Agricultural University of Iceland , Iceland

21. Yugra State University, Russia

22. Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Russia

23. Geography Department, Moscow State University, Russia

24. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

25. University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

26. Uppsala University, Sweden

27. Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Greece

28. Centre for Northern Studies, Canada

29. University of Alberta, Canada

30. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Norway

31. International Arctic Science Committee, Germany

32. World Wide Fund For Nature, Norway


Management structure:Management structure:

Thank You

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