List of Arctic research programs
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Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...
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- Arctic Centre, University of LaplandArctic Centre, University of LaplandThe Arctic Centre, University of Lapland is Finland’s national institute for Arctic expertise. It is based at the University of Lapland, the northernmost university in Finland and the EU, and is located in the Arktikum building by the Ounasjoki river in Rovaniemi near the Arctic Circle.The Centre...
- Arctic Institute of North AmericaArctic Institute of North AmericaThe Arctic Institute of North America is mandated to study the North American and circumpolar Arctic in the areas of natural science, social science, arts and the humanities. In addition, it acquires, preserves and disseminates information on environmental, physical, and social conditions in the...
- Arctic Research OfficeArctic Research OfficeThe a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration run under the auspices of the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ....
- Arctic Submarine LaboratoryArctic Submarine LaboratoryThe Arctic Submarine Laboratory was a research facility of the U.S. Navy's Electronics Laboratory in San Diego, California. It began as a converted World War II mortar emplacement, Battery Whistler, and was focused on scientific exploration of the Arctic Basin, and particularly providing the...
- Arctic Technology CentreArctic Technology CentreThe Arctic Technology Centre, commonly called Artek, was formally established in late summer 2000 to teach and provide in-service training for Greenlandic and Danish students and businessmen in Arctic technology. Artek also runs courses and seminars about Arctic conditions and contributes to...
- Arctic and Antarctic Research InstituteArctic and Antarctic Research InstituteThe Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, or AARI is the oldest and largest Russian research institute in the field of comprehensive studies of Arctic and Antarctica...
- Byrd Polar Research CenterByrd Polar Research CenterByrd Polar Research Center, sometimes abbreviated BPRC, is a polar and alpine research center at Ohio State University.- History :The Byrd Polar center at Ohio State University was established in 1960 as the Institute for Polar Studies. The name was changed to in 1987. Research foci were...
- Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric NetworkCanadian High Arctic Ionospheric NetworkThe Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network is an array of ground-based radio instruments deployed in the Canadian Arctic and operated by the University of New Brunswick. The CHAIN instruments include high data-rate GPS receivers and digital ionosondes. After passing through the Earth's...
- Centre for Polar Observation & ModellingCentre for Polar Observation & ModellingThe Centre for Polar Observation & Modelling is a centre for research into polar region processes which may affect: polar atmosphere and ocean circulation; the Earth's albedo; and global sea levels...
- Circumarctic Environmental Observatories NetworkCircumarctic Environmental Observatories NetworkCircumarctic Environmental Observatories Network is a network of terrestrial and freshwater observation platforms, science experts and network partners promoting the collection and dissemination of environmental data from the Arctic....
- Cooperative Institute for Arctic ResearchCooperative Institute for Arctic ResearchThe Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research is designed to be a focal point for interactions between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration /Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the Arctic research community through the University of Alaska for research related to the...
- EISCATEISCATEISCAT is an acronym for the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association. It operates three incoherent scatter radar systems, at 224 MHz, 931 MHz in Northern Scandinavia and one at 500 MHz on Svalbard, used to study the interaction between the Sun and the Earth as revealed by disturbances in...
- Flashline Mars Arctic Research StationFlashline Mars Arctic Research StationThe Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station is the first of two simulated Mars habitats established and maintained by the Mars Society.-Background:...
- Institute of Arctic BiologyInstitute of Arctic BiologyThe Institute of Arctic Biology or IAB of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is located in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA. The institute was established in 1963 by the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska, with Laurence Irving serving as its founding director...
- International Arctic Buoy ProgramInternational Arctic Buoy ProgramThe International Arctic Buoy Program is headquartered at the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, United States...
- International Arctic Research CenterInternational Arctic Research CenterThe International Arctic Research Center, or IARC, established in 1999, is a research institution focused on integrating and coordinating study of climate change in the Arctic. The primary partners in IARC are Japan and the United States...
- International Arctic Science CommitteeInternational Arctic Science CommitteeThe International Arctic Science Committee is a non-governmental organization which is composed of international science groups participating in arctic science research. IASC is an International Scientific Associate of ICSU, and was established in 1990...
- North Greenland Ice Core Project
- QUEEN (project)QUEEN (project)QUEEN is the acronym for Quaternary Environment of the Eurasian North which was an international and interdisciplinary research programme in the Arctic....
- SCICEXSCICEXSCICEX, standing for Scientific Ice Expeditions, was a five-year scientific research program involving a collaboration between the U.S. Navy and academic researchers from a variety of different universities. The object of study was geophysical and oceanological conditions in the Arctic Ocean...
- Scott Polar Research InstituteScott Polar Research InstituteThe Scott Polar Research Institute is a centre for research into the polar regions and glaciology worldwide. It is a sub-department of the Department of Geography in the University of Cambridge, located on Lensfield Road in the south of Cambridge ....
- Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic OceanSurface Heat Budget of the Arctic OceanFor related articles on this topic, see List of Arctic research programsThe Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean study was a National Science Foundation-funded research project designed to quantify the heat transfer processes that occur between the ocean and the atmosphere over the course of a...
- United States Arctic Research Commission