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Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth
Observing System = SIOS
Ragnhild Rønneberg, senior adviser
Presentation for EU Expert group on Marine Infrastructure
Brussels March 4th, 2011
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Agenda
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Many thanks for the invitation!
Background for SIOS
Status and content of SIOS
Marine initiatives (SIOS-related)
Discussion - input from you to us !
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SIOS in a nutshell
• Build an interdisciplinary environmental
research and monitoring infrastructure
capable of observing the Earth system
in the Arctic and providing the observational
basis for verification of Earth System models
in this region.
• Integrate the studies of:
– Meteorological, Geophysical,
Cryospheric, Hydrological, Chemical
and Biological processes
…….From a set of monitoring platforms
(ocean, ice/glacier, terrestrial,
atmosphere/space) matching the ESM
• Establish a Knowledge Centre
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SIOS goals for the future…
• Understand the environmental and climate
state/changes in the high arctic ….
• Efficiency in research in/on/around Svalbard
• International cooperation
• Sharing of equipment, data and knowledge
• Lessen the burden on a vulnerable environment
• Improve observation systems and provide data to
modelling systems….. And for policy making.
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SIOS - international project
• Project endorsed by the Norwegian Ministry of Research and
Education in 2009
• The Research Council of Norway being the coordinating
institution (supported by UNIS and NPI)
• 14 nations and 26 active cooperating partners (11 Norwegian)
+ 24 associated partners (…… Norwegian)
• Total cost: approx. 6,6 mill Euros (36 months)
– Contribution from EU: 4 mill Euros (36 months)
– October 1. 2010 – September 30. 2013
• 1 of 2 Norwegian initiatives in the European Strategy Forum
on Research Infrastructure (ESFRI). A total of 44 initiatives.
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Why Svalbard ?
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High Arctic =
early warning for climate changes
• Many observations done and many ongoing
in a broad range of disciplines
• Many different modelling systems in many disciplines
• Many un-answered questions !
• Sub-optimal use of research equipment !?
• New investments needed – which and for what purpose?
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Why Svalbard ? cont.
• Excellent opportunities for studies of ecosystem changes.
• Well positioned to observe and analyse the changing
Arctic ice cover.
• Well positioned to study the energy balance in the
atmosphere.
• The location provides for dense satellite monitoring.
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Why Svalbard ? cont.
• Research organizations from 20 countries are present on a
regular basis, operating a wide variety of land and sea-based
facilities.
• Norway has established an international university in
Longyearbyen with students and staff from 32 countries.
• Svalbard is accessible all year round because of its advanced
community infrastructure and its relatively mild climate.
• Svalbard has the highest available data bandwidth in the High
Arctic.
• And…….
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…existing research facilities
Ny-Ålesund International Research
Station
UNIS
HAUSGARTEN seafloor observatory
Russian station Barentsburg
Meteorological station,
Aldegondabreen
Polish Polar Station Hornsund
Work packages in SIOS
Funded by EU
Funded by RCN/MRU
WP1
project management
WP A
legal aspects
WP 2
legal and
governance structure
WP 3
WP 4
financial strategy
infrastructure
access
WP B
environmental
framework
WP 5
logistics plan
WP 8
WP 6
internal integration
strategy
data management
and utilisation plan
WP C
gap analysis
01.10.10
WP 7
WP 9
remote sensing
strategy
international coop.
and integration
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Major steps towards the goal:
1. Assess the present infrastructure and activities in Svalbard to
identify gaps and weaknesses related to the needs of Earth
System Models (ESM). Invest in additional infrastructure and
activities to close these gaps
2. Organize all relevant infrastructure and all research and
monitoring activities into observation platforms which are most
appropriate w.r.t. practical and organisational aspects
3. Establish a Knowledge Centre
in Longyearbyen for data
collection/aggregation/access,
education and outreach,
cooperative efforts, and
input to Earth System modeling
4. Take action to coordinate the SIOS initiative with
complementary ESFRI environmental initiatives as well as
other global and Arctic observation systems and related
modelling efforts
From gaps to platforms….Atmospheric/
Space
Gap –analysis
1. Magnetosphere, ionosphere and connection to
climate
2. The coupled arctic climate system; atmosphere –
ocean – ice
Ice/Glaciers
3. Environmental changes and marine ecosystems
4. Environmental changes and terrestrial
ecosystems
Terrestrial
5. Solid Earth large-scale processes
6. Environmental pollution; sources, transport and
effects
Ocean/ Marine
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SIOS research key topics
1. Vertical coupling in the arctic atmosphere downward from space
2. The Arctic lower atmosphere – boundary layer system: dynamical and
radiation feedback processes
3. Oceanic and sea ice processes
4. Marine transport of energy, nutrients and pollution (horizontally,
vertically and through the food chain)
5. Glacier and ice cap mass balance and dynamics
6. Greenhouse gas processes and feedbacks in the Arctic climate
system
7. Arctic permafrost, periglacial geomorphological processes including
geohazards related to periglacial landscape development
8. Isostasy and changes in Solid Earth’s local and regional stress field
9. Direct human impact of the Arctic System
10. Inter-compartmental transition processes related to pollutants and
impact of climate change
11. Arctic ecosystem resilience to climate variability and change
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KC - the node in the structure
Selected endACIA
users: Policy
makers, modelling
systems, NGOs
IPCC
European government policy boards
EU
Integrating
platforms
Observational
platforms
Selected
contributing
organizations
Ice / glaciers
UNIS
NPI
Ocean / Marine
AWI
CNR
Terrestrial
IGFPAS NERC
Atmospheric /
Space
AARI
PRIC
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The Knowledge Centre
“The heart and mind of SIOS”:
• Where the needs of Earth System
Modeling are addressed.
• Where all activities are coordinated.
• Where all research and monitoring data
are shared.
• Where all participating nations/ institutions have equal
influence on priorities.
• Where all participating nations/ institutions have equal
access to results.
• … including Education, Outreach and field support……
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… building on Svalbard Science Forum
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What are the challenges?
 History of establishment of the various polar
stations:
 topics, character, size determined in advance at
national level
 cooperation opportunities investigated after
establishment
 Svalbard Treaty freedom
SvalSat, Platåberget, Longyearbyen
Can one build an integrated autonomous facility out of this?
 Choice of research sites: determined by historical factors (coal mining, not
scientific suitability): all along the west coast; to a large degree cemented
by today’s environmental jurisdiction
Will it be possible to build the required network with these practical
limitations?
 Interdisciplinary character (”intellectual barriers”): between disciplines
based on history (e.g., lower – upper atmosphere), ways of working and
thinking, logistical approaches
Can SIOS achieve what numerous previous initiatives didn’t?
Challenges, cont.
 Valid systems on both sides (observers – modellers) - Who
requires what and for which purpose ?
 Relevant data / quality of data /scaling /grids ?
 Arctic perspective (not necessarily from Svalbard) ?
 All IPY-data from the Arctic ?
 Financial structure, - which nations
will put money into the pool ?
 Organisation?
 Agree on the building blocks
for the common future…….
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… but the opportunities…
 Genuine interest of all nations present in Svalbard to integrate
activities
 SIOS already influences other cooperation initiatives in
Svalbard, e.g., Ny-Ålesund flagship projects
 Much more effective use of financial resources
 Fronting as an EU large research infrastructure
 Already today great interest from countries not present in
Svalbard: Denmark, USA, Canada
 excellent conditions for contributing to a pan-Arctic
cooperation
 SIOS can be a true node/glue between most of the
environment-related ESFRI projects: EMSO – ERICON AB –
ICOS – LIFEWATCH – EISCAT-3D – EPOS – EURO-ARGO
Sites on
Svalbard…
Existing infrastructure: 322
Proposed infrastructure:
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Infrastructure Inventory – Gap Identification
Infrastructure proposals, 2 examples:
• Real-time biophysical Arctic observatories and fjord
laboratories (37 mill NOK, 2011-2013), 5 new ones !
• High-resolution acoustic sounding system for marine
research in Svalbard and Norwegian high arctic (5,3 mill
NOK, 15 år)
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KongHau
• Real-time bio-physical Arctic
observatories on Svalbard
• FramCentre partners:
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Norwegian Polar Institute
University Centre in Svalbard
AkvaplanNiva AS
University in Tromsø
• International partners
– AWI (Germany)
– SAMS (UK)
– IOPAS (Poland)
Project leader and photo: Professor Jørgen Berge, UNIS og AkvaplanNiva
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Our plans - in short…
• From October 1th 2010 - October 1th 2013
• Masterplan (Governance structure, financial
strategy, investments, strategic processes etc.)
• During spring/summer 2011
• Finalize the gab-synthesis report
• Organize a workshop for WP8 (in Svalbard)
• Coordination of future investments with related ESFRI projects: EMSO,
EISCAT_3D, ICOS, Aurora Borealis, EuroARGO, EPOS etc.
• 2 next years:
– Establishment of cooperation with international Arctic networks (SAON,
SCANNET,…) and EO organisations (ESA, NASA,…) in the next 2 years
• From the end of 2013 - SIOS formal estblishment - operational phase
• the KC is up and running, ready to provide good service and excellent
science (since much infrastructure already in place)
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Thanks for your kind attention
Foto: Janne Søreide
Photos: Ragnhild Rønneberg,08.02.2011
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The SIOS consortium
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Research Council of Norway (coordinator)
Norwegian Polar Institute
University Centre in Svalbard, UNIS
Norwegian Space Centre
University of Bergen
University of Tromsø
Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Nansen Environmental & Remote Sensing Center
Institute of Marine Research
Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Andøya Rocket RangeAR
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Research, Germany
Institute of Geophysics - PAS, Poland
National Research Council, Italy
National Environmental Research Council, UK
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
Aarhus University - National Environmental
Research Institute, Denmark
University of Groningen, Netherlands
Korea Polar Research Institute, Korea
Polar Research Institute of China, China
Institut Polaire Paul Emile Victor, France
Institute of Oceanology – PAS, Poland
Polar Geophysical Institute – RAS, Russia
ITM, Stockholm University, Sweden
National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
SIOS-PP full partners
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Norwegian Institute of Water Research
Kings Bay AS
Akvaplan-niva AS
University of Oslo
Norwegian Institute of Nature Research
Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Norwegian Energy and Water Resources
Directorate
Kongsberg Satellite Services AS
Northern Research Institute Tromsø
Norwegian Mapping Authority
Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Centre of Ocean & Antarctic Research, India
Institute of Botany – Czech Academy of
Sciences, Czech Republic
Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain
National Science Foundation, USA
Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK
EISCAT Scientific Association
Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland
University of Leicester, UK
Kola Science Center – RAS, Russia
Geophysical Survey – RAS, Russia
University of Helsinki, Finland
SIOS-PP associated partners