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Project

SIOS-PP

Title Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System - Preparatory Phase
Grant Agreement Number 261747
Funding Programmes FP7
Dates 01/10/2010 - 30/09/2013
Project URL http://www.sios-svalbard.org
Scientific Domain Environmental Sciences
Action Line Preparatory phase
Type Of Project CP-CSA-INFRA-PP
Abstract Environmental change and climate change in particular, are expected to be most pronounced in the polar regions. For this reason, a multi-disciplinary research infrastructure covering all important elements of the coupled Earth System in the Arctic is a very valuable tool to quantify the ongoing global change and to verify the capability of Earth System models to predict future changes. The proposed EFRI project "Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System" (SIOS) is intended to take this role. The main goal of the SIOS Preparatory Phase (SIOS-PP) project is to define, work out and decide on the formal framework needed to establish and operate the geographically distributed and thematically composed multi-national research infrastructure with a node function in different aspects, that SIOS will manifest. This covers, on one side, aspects common for all ESFRI initiatives, such as legal status, governance structure, financial strategy, a data management and utilization plan, and an (on- and offshore) logistics plan. In addition, SIOS-PP will address topics that are special for this infrastructure: a dedicated remote sensing strategy, an internal scientific and observational, as well as an international integration and cooperation plan, which will link SIOS to regional European Arctic and pan-Arctic scientific infrastructure networks. The SIOS-PP project will be carried out by a consortium of 27 partners from 14 countries including 4 non-EU and non-associated countries; three of the partners are national funding agencies. In addition, 19 associated partners with infrastructure or strong scientific interests on Svalbard will cooperate during the preparatory phase. The project has a duration of 3 years.
Coordinator
(Organisation name and Country)
Research Council of Norway, Norway
Partners
(Organisation name and Country)
AARHUS UNIVERSITET, Denmark
ALFRED-WEGENER-INSTITUT HELMHOLTZ- ZENTRUM FUER POLAR- UND MEERESFORSCHUNG, Germany
NORSK INSTITUTT FOR LUFTFORSKNING, Norway
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN, Netherlands
INSTYTUT OCEANOLOGII POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK, Poland
STOCKHOLMS UNIVERSITET, Sweden
UNIVERSITETET I BERGEN, Norway
HAVFORSKNINGSINSTITUTTET, Norway
INSTITUT POLAIRE FRANCAIS PAUL EMILE VICTOR, France
UNIVERSITETET I TROMSOE, Norway
ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Russian Federation
ANDOYA RAKETTSKYTEFELT AS, Norway
STIFTELSEN NANSEN SENTER FOR FJERNMAALING, Norway
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF THE KOLA SCIENTIFIC CENTER), Russian Federation
Polar Research Institute of China, China
INSTYTUT GEOFIZYKI POLSKIEJ AKADEMII NAUK, Poland
University Centre in Svalbard, Norway
ILMATIETEEN LAITOS, Finland
NORSK POLARINSTITUTT, Norway
Nærings- og handelsdepartementet, Norway
KOREA OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE, Korea (South)
FEDERAL STATE BUDGETARY INSTITUTION OF SCIENCE POLAR GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF THE KOLA SCIENCE CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, Russian Federation
METEOROLOGISK INSTITUTT, Norway
INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTECORPORATION RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONOF INFORMATION AND SYSTEMS, Japan