Overview: Integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments (iCUPE) – concept and initial results

• Published in: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
• Main Authors: Petäjä, Tuukka, Duplissy, Ella-Maria, Tabakova, Ksenia, Schmale, Julia, Altstädter, Barbara, Ancellet, Gérard, Arshinov, Mikhail, Balin, Yurii, Baltensperger, Urs, Bange, Jens, Beamish, Alison, Belan, Boris, Berchet, Antoine, Bossi, Rossana, Cairns, Warren, R. L., Ebinghaus, Ralf, El Haddad, Imad, Ferreira-Araujo, Beatriz, Franck, Anna, Huang, Lin, Hyvärinen, Antti, Humbert, Angelika, Kalogridis, Athina-Cerise, Konstantinov, Pavel, Lampert, Astrid, Macleod, Matthew, Magand, Olivier, Mahura, Alexander, Marelle, Louis, Masloboev, Vladimir, Moisseev, Dmitri, Moschos, Vaios, Neckel, Niklas, Onishi, Tatsuo, Osterwalder, Stefan, Ovaska, Aino, Paasonen, Pauli, Panchenko, Mikhail V., Pankratov, Fidel, Pernov, Jakob B., Platis, Andreas, Popovicheva, Olga B., Raut, Jean-Christophe, Riandet, Aurélie, Sachs, Torsten, Salvatori, Rosamaria, Salzano, Roberto, Ludwig, Schröder, Schön, Martin, Shevchenko, Vladimir, Skov, Henrik, E., Sonke, Jeroen, Spolaor, Andrea, Stathopoulos, Vasileios K., Strahlendorff, Mikko, Thomas, Jennie L., Vitale, Vito, Vratolis, Sterios, Barbante, Carlo, Chabrillat, Sabine, Dommergue, Aurélien, Eleftheriadis, Konstantinos, Heilimo, Jyri, Law, Kathy S., Massling, Andreas, Noe, Steffen M., Paris, Jean-Daniel, Prévôt, André S. H., Riipinen, Ilona, Wehner, Birgit, Xie, Zhiyong, Lappalainen, Hanna K.
• Other Authors: Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), Helsingin yliopisto = Helsingfors universitet = University of Helsinki, Laboratory of Atmospheric Chemistry Paul Scherrer Institute (LAC), Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), DLR Institute of Flight Guidance, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt Braunschweig (DLR), TROPO - LATMOS, Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales (LATMOS), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics (IAO), Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SB RAS), Center for Applied Geoscience Tübingen (ZAG), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen = University of Tübingen, German Research Centre for Geosciences - Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam (GFZ), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement Gif-sur-Yvette (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Modélisation INVerse pour les mesures atmosphériques et SATellitaires (SATINV), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), iCLIMATE Aarhus University Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change, Aarhus University Aarhus, Institute of Polar Sciences Venezia-Mestre (CNR-ISP), National Research Council of Italy, Centre for Materials and Coastal Research Geesthacht, Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (GKSS), Géosciences Environnement Toulouse (GET), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (OMP), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales Toulouse (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Météo-France-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Climate Research Division Toronto, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Arctic Space Centre Helsinki, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Fachbereich Geowissenschaften Bremen, Universität Bremen, MSU Faculty of Geography Moscow, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Laboratory of Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development of Urban Environment unplder Global Change, People's Friendship University of Russia Moscow = Rossijskij universitet družby narodov Moskva (RUDN University), Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry Stockholm (ACES), Stockholm University, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP ), Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA), Kola Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences, D.V. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale (IMBE)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph]; Arctic
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-02910116; https://insu.hal.science/insu-02910116/document; https://insu.hal.science/insu-02910116/file/acp-20-8551-2020.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-8551-2020

International audience The role of polar regions is increasing in terms of megatrends such as globalization, new transport routes, demography, and the use of natural resources with consequent effects on regional and transported pollutant concentrations. We set up the ERA-PLANET Strand 4 project “iCUPE – integrative and Comprehensive Understanding on Polar Environments” to provide novel insights and observational data on global grand challenges with an Arctic focus. We utilize an integrated approach combining in situ observations, satellite remote sensing Earth observations (EOs), and multi-scale modeling to synthesize data from comprehensive long-term measurements, intensive campaigns, and satellites to deliver data products, metrics, and indicators to stakeholders concerning the environmental status, availability, and extraction of natural resources in the polar areas. The iCUPE work consists of thematic state-of-the-art research and the provision of novel data in atmospheric pollution, local sources and transboundary transport, the characterization of arctic surfaces and their changes, an assessment of the concentrations and impacts of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants and their cycling, the quantification of emissions from natural resource extraction, and the validation and optimization of satellite Earth observation (EO) data streams. In this paper we introduce the iCUPE project and summarize initial results arising out of the integration of comprehensive in situ observations, satellite remote sensing, and multi-scale modeling in the Arctic context.