GROUND-BASED STATION NETWORK IN ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC EURASIA: AN OVERVIEW

• Main Authors: Pavel Alekseychik, Hanna K. Lappalainen, Tuukka Petäjä, Nina Zaitseva, Martin Heimann, Tuomas Laurila, Heikki Lihavainen, Eija Asmi, Mikhail Arshinov, Vladimir Shevchenko, Alexander Makshtas, Sergey Dubtsov, Evgeny Mikhailov, Elena Lapshina, Sergey Kirpotin, Yulia Kurbatova, Aijun Ding, Huadong Guo, Sungbin Park, Joost V. Lavric, Friedemann Reum, Alexey Panov, Anatoly Prokushkin, Markku Kulmala
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2016
• Subjects: peex region; observations; ground-based stations; station networks; research infrastructure; climate change research; Geography (General); G1-922; Arctic; Climate change; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.24057/2071-9388-2016-9-2-19-35; https://doaj.org/article/a9e4e2b8352a42bdb18425a590b6ed1c

The international Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) program addresses the full spectrum of problems related to climate change in Eurasian Northern latitudes. All PEEX activities rely on the bulk of high-quality observational data provided by the ground and marine stations, remote sensing and satellite tools. So far, no coordinated station network has ever existed in Eurasia, moreover, the current scope of relevant research remains largely unknown as no prior assessment has been done to date. This paper makes the first attempt to overview the existing ground station pool in the Arctic-Boreal region with the focus on Russia. The geographical, climatic and ecosystem representativeness of the current stations is discussed, the gaps are identified and tentative station network developments are proposed.