| ID |
Source |
Theme |
Titles of Ideas Submitted by Science Organisations |
469 |
AICI |
Various |
POLARICE: An International Collaborative Effort in study of Cryosphere-Atmosphere
interactions and their relationship to Climate Change |
|
92 |
AOSB/AOSF |
1 |
A multi-platform Intensive Observing Period to focus on the Arctic
Ocean itself and the climatic drivers of its variability |
|
92b |
AOSB/AOSF |
1 |
An integrative circum-arctic assessment of the physical, ecological
and socio-economic importance of the Arctic shelves |
|
92c |
AOSB/AOSF |
3 |
A study of the role of the High Latitude Oceans in the Global Water
Cycle |
|
467 |
AOSB |
Various |
The Northern Seas at a time of Global Change – An AOSB-CliC observing
plan for IPY |
|
237 |
Arctic Council |
1 |
The Arctic Human Development Report and the Survey of Living Conditions
in the Arctic could provide platforms for IPY |
|
237b |
Arctic Council |
2 |
Activities building on ACIA would be a useful way to develop this
activity |
|
237c |
Arctic Council |
1 |
Arctic pollution monitoring - IPY, AMAP & CAFF could set up
comprehensive network of circumpolar monitoring stations |
|
57 |
ASPeCT |
1 |
Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness in The International Polar Year |
|
90 |
CAWSES |
5 |
CAWSES (Climate And Weather of the Sun-Earth System) - understanding
physical processes in the Sun-Earth system |
|
129 |
CLIVAR/CliC |
3 |
The role of the high latitude oceans in the global water cycle |
|
414 |
CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR |
Various |
A strategy for Southern Ocean IPY – integrating all the ideas proposed
for Southern Ocean activities in IPY |
|
468 |
CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR |
1 |
Southern Ocean chokepoints: Monitoring fluxes associated
with water exchanges between the three ocean basins |
|
25 |
EPB |
U |
INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR 2007- EPB European Involvement and Vision
|
|
19 |
EPB |
2 |
EURO-IPY – a coordinated contribution by Europe to climate change
impacts in the Arctic |
|
115 |
EPB |
1 |
SOUTHERN OCEAN CIRCLE – The role of the Southern Ocean in the Earth
System |
|
23 |
IASC |
1 |
ICARP II -Understanding the Arctic System: Regional Sustainable
Development & Global Connections |
|
488 |
IASC-WGAG |
1 |
THE DYNAMIC RESPONSE OF ARCTIC GLACIERS TO GLOBAL WARMING |
|
50 |
IGAC |
2 |
Air-Ice Chemical Interactions (AICI) and the IPY |
|
364 |
iAnZone |
1 |
SASSI - Synoptic Antarctic Shelf-Slope Interactions |
|
9 |
IGBP |
U |
IGBP regional study of polar regions matches well with IPY |
|
89 |
IHY |
5 |
INTERNATIONAL HELIOPHYSICAL YEAR (IHY) - study the solar-generated
events that affect life and climate on Earth |
|
333 |
IOC |
1 |
IOC intentions for IPY – a) developing techniques for managing polar coastal
environments (onshore and offshore) |
|
333b |
IOC |
2 |
Rescue inaccessible analog ocean data and store it in digital form
for ease of retrieval, application, and exchange. |
|
333c |
IOC |
2 |
Create a bipolar Ocean Data and Information Network (ODIN) of National
Ocean Data Centres |
|
333d |
IOC |
2 |
Facilitate development of the polar elements of the Global Ocean
Observing System (GOOS) |
|
58 |
IPA |
1 |
The Thermal State of Permafrost: A Contribution to the International
Polar Year |
|
416 |
IPAB |
1 |
Increase long term support for the International Arctic Buoy Program
in conjunction with IPY. |
|
18 |
ISIRA |
U |
International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic (ISIRA) to
assist science/sustainable development in Russian Arctic |
|
24 |
ISPRC |
1 |
Earth Observation workshop in 2007 to link with IPY. |
|
28 |
IUGG |
3 |
IGY+50 - An opportunity to celebrate the achievements of IGY using
new technology and fuller uderstanding of systems |
|
130 |
IUGG |
5 |
eGY- An Electronic Geophysical Year initiative coinciding with 50-year
anniversary of the highly successful IGY 1957-58. |
|
27 |
IUGS |
3 |
UNESCO International Year of Planet Earth 2004-07 - Earth Sciences
for Society – “The Year” |
|
334 |
JCOMM |
2 |
JCOMM Intentions for IPY (a) improve and enhance ocean observing
systems in polar seas, to make the products and services more effective
for local communities, and facilitate ongoing research into long-term
climate change |
|
334b |
JCOMM |
1 |
Develop and deploy the technology for under-ice Argo-type floats
for a comprehensive year-round picture of circulation |
|
334c |
JCOMM |
1 |
Enhance the network of surface drifters in water and on sea-ice
to provide information on sea surface temperature, marine meteorology,
and ocean currents |
|
334d |
JCOMM |
1 |
Reactivation of existing and the establishment of new sea level
measurement stations, including those in polar regions |
|
334e |
JCOMM |
1 |
Harmonise the collection of sea-ice coverage, thickness and properties |
|
334f |
JCOMM |
2 |
Improve the management of sea-ice data, include long term archiving
in JCOMM Global Digital Sea Ice Data Bank (GDSIDB) |
|
334g |
JCOMM |
1 |
Improve polar ocean bathymetry, so as to improve the output of advanced
numerical models of the ocean and climate |
|
60 |
PAG |
1 |
The Pacific Arctic Group (PAG) proposes coordinated regional studies
in the Canada Basin and Arctic marginal seas |
|
335 |
SCAR |
3 |
Improved integration of geophysical
initiatives to improve understanding of continental tectonics, and
to establish the thermal evolution of the continental crust |
|
335b |
SCAR |
2 |
Study the climate and glacial history of Antarctica through palaeoclimate
and ice sheet modelling investigations, integrated with terrestrial
and marine geological and geophysical evidence for past changes |
|
335c |
SCAR |
2 |
Understand the recent geological history of Antarctica through Neotectonics |
|
335d |
SCAR |
2 |
Unify existing programmes on EASIZ, RiSCC
and EVOLANTA to develop “Evolutionary Biology in Antarctica (EBA)” |
|
335e |
SCAR |
1 |
Create a Marine Biodiversity Information
Network to compile, disseminate, integrate information on Antarctic marine
biodiversity |
|
335f |
SCAR |
1 |
Analyzing, understanding and modeling of katabatic wind events |
|
335g |
SCAR |
1 |
Understanding the role of Antarctic Tropospheric Aerosols
in Climate, using the Antarctic Aerosol Optical Depth network |
|
335h |
SCAR |
1 |
Understanding the relationship between Ice Sheet Mass Balance and
Sea Level |
|
335i |
SCAR |
1 |
Expanding the critical measurements needed to validate satellite
data; to ensure comprehensive observations of sea-ice and to significantly
enhance ice-sheet and ice-cap monitoring. |
|
59 |
SCAR |
2 |
SCAR-RiSCC Terrestrial/Limnetic Ecosystem Science in Antarctica:
An Opportunity for The International Polar Year, |
|
15 |
SCAR |
4 |
SCAR-SALE Exploration of subglacial environments, particularly
subglacial lakes of Antarctica. |
|
363 |
SCAR |
1 |
Taking the Polar Pulse – Human Biology and Medicine in Antarctica |
|
412 |
SCAR-GSSG |
various |
GSSG Initiatives for the International Polar Year – outlining a
series of proposed Antarctic initiatives for IPY. |
|
413 |
SCAR-SSGPS-AAA |
5 |
Astronomical Site Testing at Dome A |
|
20 |
SCOR-SCAR |
2 |
IAnZone - Exchanges Across Antarctic & Arctic Circumpolar Shelf
Break Fronts: Similarities, Differences & Impacts. |
|
29b |
URSI |
5 |
Solar variability coupling to middle atmosphere, |
|
29c |
URSI |
5 |
Relations of upper atmosphere phenomena with climate, ecosystems
and environments |
|
29 |
URSI |
5 |
Space weather |
|
3 |
WCRP |
3 |
Snow and ice/albedo feedback, and the related negative feedbacks
(eg. cloud) that regulate polar and global climate |
|
3b |
WCRP |
1 |
The high latitude radiation budget and the role of polar clouds |
|
3c |
WCRP |
1 |
Physical & chemical processes in the polar stratosphere - their
interactions with tropospheric circulation & processes |
|
3d |
WCRP |
3 |
Teleconnections between atmospheric conditions and circulation in
the polar regions and at lower latitudes |
|
3e |
WCRP |
3 |
Ocean circulation and water mass modification in polar regions and
their interaction with the global THC |
|
3f |
WCRP |
3 |
Changes to the global hydrological cycle, their manifestation at
polar latitudes and their relation to global climate. |
|
3g |
WCRP |
3 |
Polar feedbacks on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations, eg,
through thawing permafrost or sea ice removal |
|
3h |
WCRP |
2 |
Changes to ice sheets and other polar land ice, regarding sea-level
change and possible role in rapid climate change |
|
3i |
WCRP |
1 |
The processes responsible for high latitude climatic variability
on the decadal time scale. |
|
16 |
WMO |
1 |
WMO proposals for IPY |
