PAN-EURASIAN EXPERIMENT (PEEX) PROGRAM: GRAND CHALLENGES IN THE ARCTIC-BOREAL CONTEXT

The role of arctic and boreal area is crucial in understanding rapidly changing global climate. The climate change itself has an enhanced effect in arctic and boreal areas. On the other hand, several feedback loops and mechanisms could either enhance or decelerate climate change. Besides these inter...

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Published in:GEOGRAPHY, ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY
Main Authors: Markku Kulmala, Hanna K. Lappalainen, Tuukka Petäjä, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Yrjö Viisanen, Gennady Matvienko, Vladimir Melnikov, Alexander Baklanov, Valery Bondur, Nikolay Kasimov, Sergej Zilitinkevich
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2016
Subjects:
grand challenges
climate change
early warning systems
weather forecasting
arctic
boreal
research infrastructure
smear concept
in situ observations
station network
wmo-gaw
data systems
geoss
geo
envir
Arctic
Climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15356/2071-9388_02v09_2016_01
https://doaj.org/article/c8851ce3e68c4c7e9225aca3ba8c2b6c
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Summary:The role of arctic and boreal area is crucial in understanding rapidly changing global climate. The climate change itself has an enhanced effect in arctic and boreal areas. On the other hand, several feedback loops and mechanisms could either enhance or decelerate climate change. Besides these interlinks, the territory has enormous natural resources and the way they are utilised in future gives us a direction how to meet global grand challenges and regional impacts. Regionally, effective early warning systems and comprehensive monitoringwill guide in reducing emissions in practise and save natural resources. Here we give insightinto these issues, introduce the SMEAR (Station for Measuring Ecosystem-Atmosphere Relations) concept applicable to the PEEX network, and give a roadmap from deep understanding to practical solutions.

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