Repository of community practices in Ocean Research, Applications and Data/Information Management
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Observing System Simulation Experiments; justifying new Arctic observation capabilities.
(NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction, 2013)The Arctic is recognized as one of the key areas of the globe, both in terms of its sensitivity to climate change, and by the increasing economic activity that is expected with the opening up of Arctic areas in a warming ... -
Incorporating Inuit Societal Values.
(Government of Nunavut, Nunavut, 2013)This report is a compilation of the Government of Nunavut’s activities that reflect Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) and Inuit Societal Values (ISV). The first section of the report identifies legislation with references to ... -
The right to food security in a changing Arctic: the Nunavut Food Security Coalition and the Feeding My Family campaign.
(Irish Aid, Mary Robinson Foundation: Climate Justice CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and World Food Programme., 2013)In Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic, Inuit are mobilising themselves and their government to address rising food prices and food insecurity; focusing on the right to a traditional way of life and the challenges brought by ... -
Local documentation and management of living resources: User Guide.
(Piniakkanik sumiiffinni nalunaarsuineq (PISUNA), Nuuk, Greenland, 2014)Welcome to Greenland Self-Government’s Guide to Local Documentation and Management of Living Resources! This guide is intended to help citizens document and interpret changes in living resources. The guide has been written ... -
Error Analysis Procedures Used by the National Ocean Service to Compute Estimated Error Bounds for Tidal Datums in the Arctic Ocean.
(NOAA, NOS Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services, Silver Spring, MD, 2014)NOAA has an established National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) along all U.S. coastlines. One purpose of the NWLON is to provide control for tidal datum determination at short-term water level stations ... -
Sea-Ice Nomenclature: snapshot of the WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature (WMO No. 259, Volume 1 – Terminology and Codes, Volume II – Illustrated Glossary and III – International System of Sea-Ice Symbols)
(WMO-JCOMM, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This document provides snapshot of the WMO Sea Ice Nomenclature (WMO No. 259, Volume 1 – Terminology and Codes, Volume II – Illustrated Glossary and III – International System of Sea-Ice Symbols) by March 2014 (5th Session ... -
Electronic Chart Systems Ice Objects Catalogue Version 5.2, 2014 edition
(WMO/JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)Electronic Navigation Charts (ENC) and Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) are becoming widely available on ships navigating in icy waters and it is necessary to provide ice data in a form that can be ... -
The Sea Ice Never Stops: Circumpolar Inuit Reflections on Sea Ice Use and Shipping in Inuit Nunaat.
(Inuit Circumpolar Council, Anchorage, AK, 2014)This report from the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) contributes to the ongoing work of the Sustainable Development Working Group and the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment working groups of the Arctic Council. ... -
Ice Chart Colour Code Standard, Version 1.0, 2014.
(World Meteorological Organization & Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, 2014)This document describes two separate colour codes for use on ice charts: the first one based on total concentration (CT) intended for use when the stage of development is relatively uniform but concentration is highly ... -
INTERACT Management planning for Arctic and northern alpine research stations – Examples of good practices.
(Aarhus University, DCE – Danish Centre for Enviroment and Energy, Aarhus, Denmark, 2014)This book is about management of arctic and northern alpine research stations. It has been produced by a group of station managers participating in the EU 7th Framework Programme Infrastructure project called INTERACT. ... -
Methods for biogeochemical studies of sea ice: the state of the art, caveats, and recommendations.
(2015)Over the past two decades, with recognition that the ocean’s sea-ice cover is neither insensitive to climate change nor a barrier to light and matter, research in sea-ice biogeochemistry has accelerated significantly, ... -
Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in Polar Seas.
(International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG), Dartmouth, NS, Canada, 2015)Accelerating climate change calls for a vastly improved understanding of the polar ecosystems based on an intensive observation program. In situ observations from ships are, however, inherently sparse in space and time, ... -
Manaus Letter: Recommendations for the Participatory Monitoring of Biodiversity.
(Participatory Monitoring and Management Partnership (PMMP), Manaus, Brasil, 2015)Recommendations regarding best practices for participatory, community-based monitoring of biodiversity and natural resource use developed by the participants of the large International Seminar on Participatory Monitoring ... -
Management and utilization of seals in Greenland, February 2015. Addendum to: White Paper on Management and Utilization of Seals in Greenland (April 2012).
(Government of Greenland, Department of Fisheries, Hunting & Agriculture, Greenland, 2015)This document is an addendum to the White Paper on Management and Utilization of Seals in Greenland from April 2012 and the two documents should be read together. Box 1: Abundant seal populations Harp seal: Advice on ... -
Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework: How to assess the Arctic from an Inuit Perspective.
(Inuit Circumpolar Council, Anchorage, AK, 2015)Drastic changes are occurring within our world. We are on the forefront of these changes. We have lived here for millennia and have grown and changed with all that is around us. All that is around us physically and ... -
Resilient Alaska Native Coastal Communities: Integrated Social-ecological Monitoring and Assessment Supporting Adaptation Decisions. Project narrative.
(Alaska Institute for Justice, Anchorage, AK, 2015)Introduction to the Problem: A rapidly changing climate in the Arctic is dramatically impacting the health and well-being of Alaska Native communities. Erosion and repeated extreme weather events damage infrastructure, ... -
Community-based monitoring of Alaska’s coastal and ocean environment : best practices for linking Alaska citizens with science.
(Alaska Sea Grant College Program, Fairbanks, AK, 2015)A Community-Based Monitoring (CBM) workshop was convened in Anchorage, Alaska, on April 1-2, 2014. The purpose was to bring together scientists, practitioners, community members, and funders involved in CBM to identify ... -
Community-Based Monitoring and Indigenous Knowledge in a Changing Arctic: A Review for the Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks. Final report to Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks.
(ON: Inuit Circumpolar Council, Ottawa, Canada, 2016)This review of community-based monitoring (CBM) in a changing Arctic is based on a multi-year initiative launched in 2012 as a task under the “Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks” (SAON), a network of Arctic observing ... -
A quantitative assessment of Arctic shipping in 2010–2014.
(2016)Rapid loss of sea ice is opening up the Arctic Ocean to shipping, a practice that is forecasted to increase rapidly by 2050 when many models predict that the Arctic Ocean will largely be free of ice toward the end of summer. ... -
Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago – Svalbard, Norway.
(2016)The Arctic is warming more rapidly than other region on the planet, and the northern Barents Sea, including the Svalbard Archipelago, is experiencing the fastest temperature increases within the circumpolar Arctic, along ...
