Proceedings of International Conference on the Role of the Polar Regions in Global Change Held in Fairbanks Alaska on 11-15 June 1990. Volume 1

• Main Author: Weller, Gunter
• Other Authors: ALASKA UNIV FAIRBANKS GEOPHYSICAL INST
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Meteorology; Air Pollution and Control; *GLOBAL; *REGIONS; POLAR REGIONS; PANELS; SCIENTISTS; DAY; ABSTRACTS; VOLUME; *GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPILATION REPORTS; REMOTE SENSING; Antarctic; Arctic; Fairbanks; Antarc*; Climate change; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA253027; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA253027

The goal of the conference was to define and summarize the state of knowledge on the role of the polar regions in global change, and to identify gaps in knowledge. To this purpose experts in a wide variety of relevant disciplines were invited to present papers and hold panel discussions. While there are numerous conferences on global change, this conference dealt specifically with the polar regions which occupy key positions in the global system. Over 400 scientists from 15 different countries attended and presented 200 papers on research in the Arctic and Antarctic. The papers were distributed among seven major themes and sessions, each having about three invited papers, a dozen contributed papers, and 15-20 poster papers. These papers, or their abstracts, are contained in the two proceedings volumes. In publishing the papers we did not distinguish between invited, contributed, or poster papers, but gave them all equal weight. On the final day of the conference three panels met to discuss problems and priorities in polar research. A summary of their recommendations follows the final section of papers. For sales information of individual items, see AD-P007 260 thru AD-P007 310. See also Volume 2, AD-A253 028.