Improving Data Interoperability In The Arctic

Øystein Godøy on Svalbard.

With new monitoring technologies and growing networks of observing systems, the amount of data is increasing rapidly. For the users, it is challenging to analyse data from different sources, and the amount of data in different formats can become overwhelming.  As a result, data are still not efficiently used to provide scientific information and knowledge…

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Supporting Data-Driven Decision-Making At The Local And Regional Level In The Arctic

Earlier this summer, 26 scientists, experts and local, regional and national decision-makers met in an online workshop to identify key issues in linking pan-Arctic observing systems with the needs and responsibilities of subnational authorities and agencies. The scoping Workshop on Data-driven subnational decision-making in the Arctic was organized by the University of Lapland on June 8,…

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Arctic Passion Supports The Saon Data Portal

For the past two months, Arctic PASSION has supported the SAON Data Portal development, a metadata-driven data portal. The background for this portal is that there has been a longstanding need for a well-coordinated and sustained Arctic Observing Network that meets scientific and societal needs, and in January 2007 the Sustained Arctic Observing Networks Initiating Group (SAON IG) was…

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