Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System
Published January 20, 2025 | Version v1
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Towards an integrated data-driven infrastructure (InfraNor)

Authors/Creators

  • 1. SIOS Knowledge Centre, Longyearbyen, Norway
  • 2. NILU, Kjeller, Norway
  • 3. Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
  • 4. UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Biosciences, Tromsø, Norway
  • 5. NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS, Tromsø, Norway
  • 6. The Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
  • 7. UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tromsø, Norway
  • 8. The University Centre in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway
  • 9. Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, Oslo, Norway
  • 10. University of Oslo, Department of Geosciences, Oslo, Norway
  • 11. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Tromsø, Norway
  • 12. University of Bergen, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Bergen, Norway

Description

This is chapter 11 of the State of Environmental Science in Svalbard (SESS) report 2024 (https://sios-svalbard.org/SESS_Issue7).

The InfraNor project illustrates the importance of the national investments in research infrastructure, in Svalbard and its surrounding oceans, including a coherent data management system. It constitutes the Norwegian contribution to SIOS for the benefit of its members and their communities.

It tallies 42 items (infrastructures and space-related activities/products) already implemented or soon to be fully implemented under the responsibility of 14 Norwegian research institutions. Emphasis is on upgrading existing and establishing new infrastructure to produce a more coherent dataset among sites with similar instruments to help to address Earth System Science questions related to Global Change.

InfraNor focuses also on developing new technology that will reduce the footprint of future scientific activities in Svalbard, e.g., by deploying instrument pods aboard commercial airliners in regular traffic to map ocean characteristics.

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