DELIVERABLES

Deliverables are project outputs describing the main results of Arctic PASSION. They are published most often as reports. All the deliverables are not public but the public reports are listed below.

Deliverable no Title Lead authors Contributors Version Date Status
1.1Report on missing elements for an improved Arctic observing systemTero Mustonen (Snowchange), Kaisu Mustonen (Snowchange), Johanna Roto (Snowchange)Brie Van Dam (Snowchange), Arild Sundfjord (Norwegian Polar Institute), Margareta Johansson (Lund University), Sabrina Heerema (GRID-Arendal)229 June 2022Coordinator accepted
1.2The definition for the pilot set of Essential Arctic VariablesIlkka Matero – SIOS-KCHeïdi Sevestre (AMAP), Heikki Lihavainen (SIOS-KC), Jan Rene Larsen (AMAP), Katriina Veijola (FMI), Maribeth Murray (AINA), Mikko Strahlendorff (FMI), Talia Wells (AINA)125 November 2024Coordinator accepted
1.3Report on development of website with protocols, planning and reporting tools for the Atlantic-Arctic Distributed Biological Observatory networkAnna Nikolopoulos (Norwegian Polar Institute)Arild Sundfjord (Norwegian Polar Institute)116 May 2024Coordinator accepted
1.4Report onWMO GTS datasets made available for non-GTS connected users and on new datasets ingested into WMO GTS based on user requirementsØystein Godøy (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)Katarina Nadia Andersen (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)108 August 2024Coordinator accepted
1.5Demonstration of ALI monitoring capabilities based on existing satellite and in situ servicesJonathan Bamber, Adam Igneczi1December 3, 2025Coordinator accepted
1.6FRM surface temperature datasetsGorm DybkjaerMagnus Barfod Suhr, Suman Singha, André Emil Toft Jensen1.13 March 2025Coordinator accepted
1.7New near-real time data and time series from drifting observatories and new long-term moorings in the interior Arctic Ocean (T1.2)Arild Sundfjord (NPI)Torsten Kanzow (AWI), Øyvind Foss (NPI), Marcel Nicolaus (AWI), Nathalie Sennéchael (CNRS), Tomasz Piotr Kopec (UiT), Mats Granskog (NPI), Andreas Preusser (AWI), Wilken-Jon von Appen (AWI), Anna Nikolopoulos (NPI)321 January 2025Coordinator accepted
1.8Recent progress and ways forward for Arctic observing capacitiesAnna Nikolopoulos (UiT)Anna Irrgang, Tillmann Lübker, and Marcel Nicolaus (AWI), Maribeth S. Murray (AINA), Andrew Flemming (BAS), Gorm Dybkjær, Steffen M. Olsen (DMI), Ilaria Crotti, Srdan Dobricic (JRC-ISPRA), Kirsikka Heinilä (FEI/Syke), Katriina Veijola (FMI), Malene Simon Hegelund (GINR), Caroline Coch, Margareta Johansson (INPA), Vito Vitale (CNR-ISP), Nuncio Murukesh (NCPOR), Øystein Godøy (MET), Sebastian Gerland, Mats Granskog (NPI), Ilkka Matero, Heikki Lihavainen (SiOS), Tero Mustonen (Snowchange), Marit Reigstad, Bodil Bluhm (UiT), Tian Li, Jonathan Bamber (UBristol).115 November 2025Coordinator accepted
2.1Data Management PlanMatias Takala (Finnish Meteorological Institute)Øystein Godøy (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)0.624 August 2023Coordinator accepted
2.2Report on the interoperability status of Copernicus services in light of EU regulations and Polar Data System ArchitectureMatias Takala (Finnish Meteorological Institute)Miriam Kosmale (Finnish Meteorological Institute), Mikko Moisander (Finnish Meteorological Institute), Mikko Strahlendorff (Finnish Meteorological Institute)1.128 March 2022Coordinator accepted
2.3Website with data information, description of available and emerging web services and user client to find data regardless their location and regular updates on datasets that have been FAIRfiedØystein Godøy (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)Lara Ferrighi (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)0.129 March 2022Coordinator accepted
2.4Synthesis reports on the status of the Arctic Data SystemJan Rene Larsen (AMAP), Øystein Godøy (Norwegian Meteorological Institute), Heïdi Sevestre (AMAP)Synthesis reportsBill Manley (University of Colorado), Maribeth Murray (AINA), Peter Pulsifer (AINA), Stein Tronstad (Norwegian Polar Institute), Chantelle Verhey (University of Waterloo)122 December 2022Coordinator accepted
2.5Updated mapping of the Arctic Data SystemJan Rene Larsen (AMAP)Brendan Billingsley (Billingsley Custom Software,), Alex Gao (Carleton University), Øystein Godøy (Norwegian Meteorological Institute), Peter Pulsifer (Carleton University), Chantelle Verhey (Carleton University)103 December 2024Coordinator accepted
2.6Zoom, 02 February 2022Mathias Bavay (SLF/WSL)Patrick Leibersperger (SLF/WSL), Matteo Terruzzi (SLF/WSL - DkR Srl)108 December 2023Coordinator accepted
2.7Final report on number of long-term preserved datasets (T2.6)Malik Naumann (AWI)Janine Felden (AWI), Øystein Godøy (MET), Matias Takala (FMI)128 November 2025Coordinator accepted
2.8Arctic Window of CopernicusMatias Takala (FMI)Øystein Godøy (MET), Janine Felden (AWI)124 April 2025Coordinator accepted
3.1Sampling strategies for improved prediction of relevant Arctic land variablesMargot Knapen, Thomas Kaminski, Marko Scholze105 December 2025Coordinator accepted
3.2Roadmap for an Optimal Sensor Network for Monitoring EAVs for Land IceTian Li, Jonathan Bamber105 December 2025Coordinator accepted
4.1Lake Ice Service Readiness ReportKirsikka Heinilä (Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE)Sari Metsämäki (SYKE), Timo Pyhälahti (SYKE), Hanna Alasalmi (SYKE), Sampsa Koponen (SYKE)120 September 2022Coordinator accepted
4.2Disturbance map for panarctic, INTERACT sites, and WP4 local communities with permafrost disturbance trends from EO dataGuido Grosse (Alfred Wegener Institute)Anna Irrgang, Hugues Lantuit, Tillmann Lübker and Ingmar Nitze (Alfred Wegener Institute)115 August 2023Coordinator accepted
4.3Documentation on the INFRA service and its functionalitiesVito Vitale (CNR-ISP)Enrico Brugnoli (CNR - IRET), Oxana Drofa (CNR-ISAC), Olga Gravichkova (CNR-IRET), Maurizio Sarti (CNR-IRET), Alessandro Tiesi (CNR-ISAC), Lorenzo Giandomenico (CAE), Nicola Tramarin (CAE), Guido Bernardi (CAE), Enrica Nestola (CNR-IRET), Mauro Mazzola (CNR-ISP), Angelo Lupi (CNR-ISP), Francesca Becherini (CNR-ISP)615 December 2024Coordinator accepted
4.4Regional Sea Ice Information ToolØystein Godøy (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)Thomas Lavergne and Michael Yartys (Norwegian Meteorological Institute)107 November 2023Coordinator accepted
4.5Development of community Event Databases and stakeholder workshopsTero Mustonen (Snowchange)Kaisu Mustonen , Johanna Roto, Brie Van Dam, Pauliina Feodoroff, Kaare Erickson and Eetu Niiranen (Snowchange), Leslie McCartney (UAF), Kristi Benson (GDC), Halfdan Pedersen and Nuunoq (PISUNA), Curtis Rattray and Lauren Clavelle (TWILD) and Hannibal Rhoades (Snowchange)118 June 2024Coordinator accepted
4.6Report on new local baseline data on the marine climate and noisescapeMalene Simon Hegelund (GINR), Steffen Malskær Olsen (DMI)Anna Pedersen (DMI), Ilana Schiller Weiss (DMI), Carl Bror Isaksen (GINR), Else Ostermann (GINR), Aksel Ascanius (DMI), Julie Sofie Larsen (GINR)1.125 August 2025Coordinator accepted
4.7GTN-Permafrost observing best practices for WMO GuideAnna Irrang (Alfred Wegener Institute)Kjetil Isaksen, Andrea Merlone, Jeannette Noetzli, Phillippe Schoeneich, Julia Boike, William Cable, Graziano Coppa, Dongliang Luo, Alexander Makarov, Cécile Pellet, Aleksei Portnov, Nikolay Shiklomanov, Lin Zhao (all external)110 May 2024Coordinator accepted
4.9Report on development of the 'State of the Arctic Environment' pilot service websiteArild SundfjordAnna Sinisalo (GRID-Arendal), Øystein Godøy (METNO), Johanna Roto (Snowchange Cooperative), Karen Martinez-Swatson, Georgios Fylakis, Rob Barnes (GRID-Arendal)130 June 2025Coordinator accepted
4.11Main findings of the Event Database (T4.1) Tero Mustonen (Snowchange)Tero Mustonen (Snowchange), Kaisu Mustonen (Snowchange), Johanna Roto (Snowchange), Brie Van Dam (Snowchange), Pauliina Feodoroff (Snowchange), Kaare Erickson (Snowchange), Eetu Niiranen (Snowchange), Leslie McCartney (UAF), Kristi Benson (GDC), Halfdan Pedersen (PISUNA), Nuunoq (PISUNA), Curtis Rattray (TWILD), Lauren Clavelle (TWILD), Hannibal Rhoades (Snowchange)111 Nov 2024Coordinator accepted
4.10Lake Ice Service Expansion and UtilizationReportKirsikka Heinilä (Syke)Sari Metsämäki (Syke), Timo Pyhälahti (Syke), Hanna Alasalmi (Syke)119 June 2025Coordinator accepted
4.12Report ondevelopment of INFRA as an operational service, new functionalities andperformancesVito Vitale (CNR-ISP)Enrico Brugnoli (CNR - IRET). Maurizio Sarti (CNR-IRET), Enrica Nestola (CNR-IRET), Olga Gavrichkova (CNR-IRET), Nicola Tramarin (CAE SpA), Lorenzo Giandomenico (CAE SpA), Mauro Mazzola (CNR-ISP), Angelo Lupi (CNR-IRET)731 Aug 2025Coordinator accepted
4.13AURORAE service: Model description and forecast delivery for the local atmospheric pollution forecastsIlaria Crotti (JRC)Ilaria Crotti (JRC), Alice Cuzzucoli (CNR), Davide De Marchi (JRC), Edoardo Ramalli (JRC), Luigi Selmi (CNR), Franck Eyraud (JRC), Ionut Trandafir (Unisystems), Antonello Pasini (CNR), Srdjan Dobricic (JRC)130 May 2025Coordinator accepted
5.1Description of a versatile benefit assessment approach and Arctic resilience societal indicators for the pan-AOSSAdriaan Perrels (Finnish Meteorological Institute), Mikko Strahlendorff (Finnish Meteorological Institute), Isabel Donner (Spatineo), Srdjan Dobricic (Joint Research Centre), Ilaria Crotti (Joint Research Centre ), Vito Vitale (National Research Council of Italy), Karen Boniface (Joint Research Centre ), Sampo Savolainen (Spatineo)119 December 2022Coordinator accepted
5.2Toolset for societal benefit estimatesFMI, JRCJaakko Juvonen (FMI), Kaisa Juhanko (FMI), Enni Lehtinen (FMI), Srdan Dobricic (JRC), Ilaria Crotti (JRC), Isabel Donner (Spatineo), Sampo Savolainen (Spatineo)120 December 2024Coordinator accepted
5.3Arctic services impact assessments and generalisationFMIKaisa Juhanko (FMI), Enni Lehtinen (FMI), Saara Korjonen (FMI), Jaakko Juvonen (FMI), Srdjan Dobricic (JRC), Ilaria Crotti (JRC), Joséphine Louwette (JRC), Sampo Savolainen (Spatineo), Isabel Donner (Spatineo)103 July 2025Coordinator accepted
6.1Instigate a new task group on observations in the EU Polar ClusterElaine Ford (UKRI-BAS)Eloise Malle and Jeremy Wilkinson (UKRI-BAS)108 August 2024Coordinator accepted
6.2GEO/EuroGEO advocation progress in Arctic issues to EO communityMikko Strahlendorff (FMI)Katriina Veijola (FMI), Jan Rene Larsen (AMAP), Bethan Hosking Jones (BAS)127 July 2025Coordinator accepted
6.3Report on SAON progress in ROADSJan Rene Larsen (AMAP)Alice C. Bradley, Chris Waigl, Harmony Wayner, Heikki Lihavainen, Ilkka Matero, Katriina Veijola, Lauren Divine, Margaret Rudolf, Maribeth Murray, Mikko Strahlendorff, Nicholas J. Palarto, Sandy Starkweather, Talia Wells.108 July 2025Coordinator accepted
6.5Organisation of workshops or side sessions at ASSW (T&-2)Bethan Hoskin, Eloise Malle (UKRI-BAS)Kylie Owen (EPB)224 October 2025Coordinator accepted
6.6Towards apan-AOSS: status of cooperation with non-EU partners and organizationsVito Vitale (CNR-ISP)Enrico Brugnoli (CNR - IRET), Mauro Mazzola (CNR-ISP), Angelo Lupi (CNR-ISP)620 Sep 2025Coordinator accepted
6.7GEO Initiative report for Arctic GEOSSJan Rene Larsen (AMAP)Mikko Strahlendorff (FMI)118 August 2025Coordinator accepted
7.1Policy support for the Arctic Science Funders ForumLisa Grosfeld and Volker Rachold (Alfred Wegener Institute)Inger Utne, Jan Rene Larsen, Janet Pawlak, Rolf Rødven (AMAP), Michael Karcher (AWI), Arild Sundfjord (NPI) and Arctic PASSION consortium131 March 2025Coordinator accepted
7.2Data-driven Subnational Decision-making in theArctic: Towards identifying the key issuesWorkshop Background Paper (Policy Paper)Pavel Tkach (University of Lapland)Adam Stepien (University of Lapland)220 June 2023Coordinator accepted
7.3Project Overview for Arctic Council Working Groups and Permanent ParticipantsJanet Pawlak (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme)Arctic PASSION work package leads and service leads117 July 2024Coordinator accepted
7.4Second policy brief for sub-national decision-makersPavel Tkach (University of Lapland)Adam Stepien (University of Lapland)128 May 2023Coordinator accepted
7.5Report of Briefing Meeting to inform MEPs and European Officials on Arctic topics of emerging priority (T7.3)Pjotr Elshout (European Polar Board)Michael Karcher (AWI), Jeremy Wilkinson (BAS), Renuka Badhe (EPB), Griffith Couser (EPB) and Eva Horovcakova (EPB)123 Feb 2024Coordinator accepted
7.63. Policy Brief for Sub- national Decision- makers Pavel Tkach (University of Lapland)Adam Stepien (University of Lapland)102 April 2024Coordinator accepted
7.8Project overview for Arctic Council Working Groups and Permanent ParticipantsJanet Pawlak (AMAP)Work package leads, Arctic service leads118 August 2025Coordinator accepted
7.9Policy Brief: Data-driven Subnational Decision-making in the Arctic: towards future actionsPavel Tkach (University of Lapland)Adam Stepien (University of Lapland)131 March 2025Coordinator accepted
8.1Applications for GEO Initiative to GEO Program BoardHeïdi Sevestre (AMAP), Jan Rene Larsen (AMAP)Mikko Strahlendorff (Finnish Meteorological Institute)102 December 2022Coordinator accepted
8.3Strengthening European capabilitiesMikko Strahlendorff (FMI)Oystein Godoy (MET), Jeremy Wilkinson (BAS), Michael Karcher (AWI), Sampo Savolainen (Spatineo)130 April 2025Coordinator accepted
8.4White Paper: Gender Dimension of Arctic Observing Systems Tahnee Prior, Malgorzata Smieszek-Rice104 December 2025Coordinator accepted
8.6Legacy planning for Arctic PASSIONMarije Tempel (EPB)Renuka Badhe (EPB)105 August 2025Coordinator accepted
9.1Communication PlanSabrina Heerema (GRID-Arendal), Anna Sinisalo (GRID-Arendal), Lisa Grosfeld (APECS), Josefine Lenz (APECS)Tero Mustonen (Snowchange), Elaina Ford (British Antarctic Survey), Tahnee Prior (Women of the Arctic), Michael Karcher (Alfred Wegener Institute), Luisa Cristini (Alfred Wegener Institute), Hasan Abbas (GRID-Arendal), Elise Gunstvedt (GRID-Arendal)16 August 2023EU accepted
9.2Dissemination PlanSabrina Heerema (GRID-Arendal), Anna Sinisalo (GRID-Arendal), Lisa Grosfeld (APECS), Josefine Lenz (APECS)Tero Mustonen (Snowchange), Elaina Ford (British Antarctic Survey), Tahnee Prior (Women of the Arctic), Michael Karcher (Alfred Wegener Institute), Luisa Cristini (Alfred Wegener Institute), Hasan Abbas (GRID-Arendal), Elise Gunstvedt (GRID-Arendal)210 August 2023EU accepted
9.3Stakeholder Engagement PlanJosefine Lenz (APECS), Lisa Grosfeld (APECS), Sabrina Heerema (GRID-Arendal), Anna Sinisalo (GRID-Arendal)Michael Karcher (Alfred Wegener Institute), Renuka Badhe (European Polar Board), Pjotr Elshout (European Polar Board), Tero Mustonen (Snowchange), Tahnee Prior (Women of the Arctic), Volker Rachold (The German Arctic Office, Alfred Wegener Institute), Janet Pawlak (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme), Adam Stepien (University of Lapland), Luisa Cristini (Alfred Wegener Institute)26 August 2023EU accepted
9.4Education & Training PlanJosefine Lenz (APECS), Lisa Grosfeld (APECS), Sabrina Heerema (GRID-Arendal), Anna Sinisalo (GRID-Arendal)Tero Mustonen (Snowchange), Tahnee Prior (Women of the Arctic), Volker Rachold (The German Arctic Office, Alfred Wegener Institute), Janet Pawlak (Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme), Michael Karcher (Alfred Wegener Institute), Luisa Cristini (Alfred Wegener Institute)110 December 2021EU accepted
9.5Arctic PASSION Sharing CircleLisa Grosfeld, Josefine Lenz and Nadine Hillenbrand (Alfred Wegener Institute)Tero Mustonen (Snowchange), Tahnee Prior (WOA), Michael Karcher (AWI), Olivia Rempel, Sabrina Heerema and Anna Sinisalo (GRID-Arendal)131 May 2024EU accepted