IPA and the International Polar Year (IPY)

In June 2005 the International Permafrost Association submitted in cooperation with other international organizations several core projects for the International Polar Year:

• Permafrost Observatory Project: A Contribution to the Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP)  #50      Click here for PowerPoint (1 MB)
• Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Permafrost, Periglacial and Soil Environments (ANTPAS) #33
• Arctic Circum-Polar Coastal Observatory Network (ACCO-Net) #90
• Carbon Pools in Permafrost Regions (CAPP) #373

Each project includes plans for management and data, education and outreach. Full text is available on this IPA page (click on the links above). In addition the titles of the original Expression of Intent (EoI) are listed in the Cluster document. The original EoIs are found on the IPY homepage.  A list of proposed permafrost and outreach collaborators are presented in the Team list. The IPY letter of Invitation to the IPA is also included.

Frozen Ground Number 28 provides additional information on the IPA plans for the IPY (pp.3-5). Additional information on current IPA observatory networks are found on IPA web links: GTN-P, CALM, and ACD.

IPA planning for the IPY is being supported by a grant from the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS). Administrative assistance is provided by the IPA Secretariat at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) with a grant from the Research Council of Norway. Initial results of  these projects will be presented in the summer 2008 at the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost in Fairbanks Alaska, and the 33^rd International Geological Congress in Oslo, Norway.

Click here for latest status of Planned Permafrost Activities (from Frozen Ground 29)

Click here for latest (2. March 2006) version of the cluster list.

Click here for IPY homepage.