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Data Management

Development of a Network of Permafrost Observatories in North America and Russia: The US Contribution to the International Polar Year PI: Vladimir Romanovsky , Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Data Management

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  1. Development of a Network of Permafrost Observatories in North America and Russia: The US Contribution to the International Polar Year PI: Vladimir Romanovsky, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks Scientific Personnel: Yuri Shur and Kenji Yoshikawa, Institute of Northern Engineering, UAF; Thomas Osterkamp, Geophysical Institute, UAF; Jerry Brown, International Permafrost Association Participating Russian Institutions: Mel’nikov Permafrost Institute,Yakutsk; Institute of Earth Cryosphere, Tumen; Tyumen State Oil and Gas University; Mineral Geology Company (MIRECO), Syktyvkar; Institute of Physical-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil Science, Pushchino; Institute of Environmental Geoscience, Moscow; Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology, and Cryology, Chita; Institute Fundamentproect, Moscow

  2. Permafrost has received much attention recently because surface temperatures are rising in most permafrost areas of the earth, bringing permafrost to the edge of widespread thawing and degradation. The thawing of permafrost that is already occurring at the southern limits of the permafrost zone can generate dramatic changes in ecosystems and in infrastructure performance.

  3. Project objectives are: Objective 1: Upgrade, maintain and acquire data from the Alaskan network of permafrost observatories for the period 2007 to 2009.Objective 2: Develop a sustainable network of permafrost observatories in Russia and participate in the acquisition of a comparable set of data from regional observatories in Russia.Objective 3: Participate in the planning and implementation of the IPY Project Thermal State of Permafrost (Project #50, TSP) as the US contribution to an International Network of Permafrost Observatories (INPO).Objective 4: Encourage the development of a new generation of arctic researchers and permafrost specialists through international centers and programs, and support K-12 outreach activities in Russia. Objective 5: Develop a joint Alaska-Russian permafrost temperature database and report initial results at the Ninth International Conference on Permafrost (NICOP) (June 2008, Fairbanks) and at the 33rd International Geological Congress (IGC) (Oslo, August 2008) in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the IPY.

  4. Permafrost Temperature Reanalysisto increase the level of usage of observational data and to enhance our interpretive and predictive capabilities in the studies of past, present and future permafrost temperature dynamics

  5. Data Management • The TSP data will provide an extensive circumpolar database useful for geocryological, ecological, hydrological, biochemical and climatic simulation experiments. The TSP observations will also provide empirical information required for further development of process-based models of permafrost evolution. • The main goal of the data management activities is to provide quality-controlled, standardized data products that meet the needs of the wider scientific community • All quality-controlled data sets will be made available to any interested users • To accommodate IPY/TSP data management, data will be transferred periodically to a permanent archive at the NSIDC in Boulder, Colorado • Processed TSP data such as annual summaries will be made available online from the GTN-P web site and the NSIDC Frozen Ground Data Center • TSP data will be an integral part of the CDs produced by the NSIDC • The US TSP and some part of the Russian TSP data will be closely coordinated with the CALM active layer data

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