The ADMS mapping and data management system is a Web-based GIS application that is general and implemented mainly through client-side Web programming. All layers are either connected through web-services and/or hosted on a Geo Server, owned, controlled and hosted by ArcData and are shared between different instances of the system.

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The facility is developed in cooperation between the SAON secretariat and the Arctic Portal based on the available input and collaboration from the University of Colorado (Manley) and the Polar Gbserving Assets working group (POAwg).

The goal of this project is to implement a database of metadata, along with a machine interface (API) and a human interface (web frontend) for accessing these data.

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The Arctic Renewable Energy Atlas (AREA) is a project of the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group, focused on supporting sustainable development and healthy, resilient communities in the Arctic.

We bring together tools for Arctic communities working to transition to renewable energy, and showcase this transition to the world. Tools include GIS mapping data, community stories, best practices, training, financing and policy information. It is a living project, which continues to develop as new funds, data and resources become available.

Arctic Portal is a participant in the project

The WEF Global Risks Report Survey 2022 found leaders rank failure of climate action as the number one long-term threat to the world. The Arctic plays a key role in regulating the world’s climate and weather regimes - but it is warming at least three times faster than the rest of the world. The consequences go far beyond its borders!

Arctic Portal is a participant the project

The primary objective of APS is to publish achievements in fundamental research, applied research, and high-technology research focused or based on the polar regions, and to report the latest discoveries, inventions, theories, and methodologies in polar research. The scope of the journal covers a range of polar disciplines including glaciology, oceanography, atmospheric science, space physics, geology, geophysics, geochemistry, biology and ecology, medicine, Antarctic astronomy, environmental science, and engineering and technology as well as polar social science, information service and management. APS also publishes occasional "Special Issues" on specific polar research themes. Link to the Advances in Polar Science (APS) website. 

Here at Arctic Portal.org all Advances in Polar Science Volumes are hosted in our Publication Library section.

The Arctic Coastal Dynamics (ACD) program is a multi-disciplinary, multi-national forum to exchange ideas and information. The overall objective of ACD is to improve our understanding of circum-Arctic coastal dynamics as a function of environmental forcing, coastal geology and cryology and morphodynamic behavior.

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The purpose of the ADC is to promote and facilitate international collaboration towards the goal of free, ethically open, sustained and timely access to Arctic data through useful, usable, and interoperable systems. ADC, among other things, contributes to the understanding of the nature and structure of the Arctic data system in the context of the global data system.

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AMATII evaluates infrastructure ports, airports, and response capability by inventorying maritime and aviation assets in the Arctic. AMATII is co-led by the United States and Iceland, under the guidance of the Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group

Principal Investigator: Institute of the North, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

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The land of Kárhóll is owned by a non-profit organization named Arctic Observatory ses which will provide necessary land, facilities, and operational services for the Arctic Observatory. Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC) will lease the land for the operations of the observatory.

The project at Kárhóll will positively impact its local environment, both culturally and economically. The centre is planned to be open to the general public and build a bridge between scientific research and daily life by operating a visitor´s centre dedicated to the aurora borealis.

The visitors centre will be a very welcome addition to the existing flora of service and recreation possibilities in the vicinity. A local non-profit organization, Arctic Observatory, has been established to provide facilities and logistics for the CIAO.

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The Arctic System and its hydrology play a central role in regulatfing Earth´s climate and the impacts of a warming Arctic are already raising serious concerns about the stability of the sensitive balance between climate conditions, freshwater input, oceanic circulation and the state of cryospheric components.

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The Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost (GTN-P) is the primary international programme on monitoring permafrost parameters. GTN‐P was developed in the 1990s by the International Permafrost Association (IPA) under the Global Climate observing System (GCOS) and the Global Terrestrial Observing Network (GTOS), with the longterm goal of obtaining a comprehensive view of the spatial structure, trends and variability of changes in the active layer thickness and permafrost temperature.

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A compilation of existing in situ mass-balance observations on Arctic glaciers. The IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology, formed out of the Working Group on Arctic Glaciology, aims to address these rapid changes in arctic ice masses by initiating scientific programs and facilitating international cooperation between glaciologists and climate modelers in order to develop the understanding of arctic land ice and its role in global climatic and environmental change.

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NSIDC manages and distributes scientific data on snow, ice, glaciers, frozen ground, and climate interactions. The National Snow and Ice Data Center encompasses several data centers, data management programs, and data projects. Specialized data managers lead these programs and projects, and provide shared services and infrastructure to all constituents of NSIDC.

Advancing the predictive power of Earth system models through understanding of the structure and function of Arctic terrestrial ecosystems. The goal of NGEE Arctic is to support the DOE’s Biological and Environmental Research (BER) mission to advance a robust predictive understanding of Earth’s climate and environmental systems by delivering a process-rich ecosystem model, extending from bedrock to the top of the vegetative canopy and atmospheric interface, in which the evolution of Arctic ecosystems in a changing climate can be modeled at the scale of a high-resolution ESM grid cell.

Is a comprehensive database on Permafrost. Permafrost is defined as ground that remains continuously at or below 0°C or at least two consecutive years; some 24% of the land surface in the northern Hemisphere is classified as permafrost. In the Northern high latitudes, strong warming has been observed over the recent decades, and climate models project strong future warming. A projected decline in the extent of permafrost will have a major impact on the Earth system, affecting global climate through the mobilization of carbon and nitrogen stored in permafrost.

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SIOS is an international observing system for long-term measurements in and around the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard addressing Earth System Science questions related to Global Change

The observing system and research facilities offered by SIOS build on the extensive observation capacity and diverse world-class research infrastructure provided by many institutions already established in Svalbard. This includes a substantial capability for utilising remote sensing resources to complement ground-based observations. From this solid foundation, SIOS envisions a significant contribution to the systematic development of new methods and observational design in Svalbard. This knowledge can advance other observational networks in the Arctic and elsewhere.

SIOS is aiming at more efficient use and better integration of the observing system based on a distributed data management system, an open access program that includes logistical support, as well as training and education activities. Working groups, task forces and other SIOS components pursue these aims in direct and structured dialogue with scientists, user groups, policy-makers and other porters of societal and scientific needs.

SAON facilitates partnerships and synergies among existing observing and data network. The need for a well-coordinated and sustained Arctic Observing Network that meets scientific and societal needs has been identified in numerous high profile reports (e.g. Toward an Integrated Arctic Observing Network (NRC)) and at a variety of workshops and conferences. In November 2006, at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Salekhard, Russian Federation, Ministers welcomed the International Polar Year (IPY), 2007 –2008, as a unique opportunity to stimulate cooperation and coordination of Arctic research and increase awareness of the importance of the Arctic region.

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