| AAA |
Antarctic Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| AARI |
Arctic Antarctic Research Institute |
| A2BIONET |
Arctic-Alpine Terrestrial Biodiversity Research Training Network |
| AC |
Arctic Council |
| ACAP |
Advisory Committee on Albatrosses and Petrels |
| ACAP |
Arctic Council Action Plan to Eliminate Pollution in the Arctic |
| ACBio |
Arctic Coastal Biodiversity |
| ACCO-NET |
Arctic Circumpolar Coastal Observatory Network |
| ACD |
Arctic Coastal Dynamics |
| ACE |
Antarctic Climate Evolution |
| ACIA |
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment |
| ADD |
International Arctic Environmental Data Directory |
| ADMAP |
Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project |
| AEPS |
Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy |
| AFoPS |
Asian Forum for Polar Science |
| AG |
Action Group |
| AGCS |
Antarctica in the Global Climate System |
| AHDR |
Arctic Human Development Report |
| AHHEG |
Arctic Human Health Expert Group |
| AMAP |
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program |
| AMD |
Antarctic Master Directory |
| AMSA |
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment |
| AMSP |
Arctic Marine Strategic Plan |
| ANTEC |
Antarctic Neotectonics |
| ANTPAS |
Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Permafrost, Periglacial and Soil Environments |
| AO |
Arctic Oscillation |
| AOMIP |
Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project |
| AON |
Arctic Observing Network |
| AOSB |
Arctic Ocean Sciences Board |
| APECS |
Association of Polar Early Career Scientists |
| APEX |
Arctic Palaeoclimate and its Extremes |
| ARCMIP |
Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project |
| Arctic-HYDRA |
Arctic Hydrological Cycle Monitoring, Modeling and Assessment Program |
| ARCUS |
Arctic Research Consortium of the United States |
| ASSW |
Arctic Science Summit Week |
| ATCM |
Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meetings |
| ATS |
Antarctic Treaty System |
| AWI |
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research |
| BAI |
Bulgarian Antarctic Institute |
| BipAG |
Joint Bipolar Action Group |
| CAFF |
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna |
| CALM |
Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring |
| CAML |
Census of Antarctic Marine Life |
| CAPP |
Carbon Pools in Permafrost Regions |
| CAPS |
Circumpolar Active-Layer Permafrost System |
| CARCMIP |
Coupled Arctic Regional Climate Model Intercomparison Project |
| CARMA |
Circum-Arctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment Program |
| CAT-B |
Circum-Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity Initiative |
| CAVM |
Circum-Arctic Vegetation Map |
| CCAMLR |
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources |
| CEON |
Circum-Arctic Environmental Observatories Network |
| CICERO |
Center for International and Environmental Research |
| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CliC |
Climate in the Cryosphere |
| CLIVAR |
Climate Variability and Predictability |
| COMAAR |
Co-ordination of Observation and Monitoring of the Arctic for Assessment and Research |
| COMNAP |
Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs |
| CRDF |
U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation |
| CReSIS |
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets |
| CRREL |
U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab |
| DAMOCLES |
Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies |
| DFAIT |
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
| EBA |
Evolution of Biodiversity in Antarctica |
| EC FP |
European Community Framework Program |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECS |
Early Career Scientist |
| EGPPE |
Expert Group on Permafrost and Periglacial Environments |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EMSO |
European Multi-disciplinary Seafloor Observation |
| EOC |
Education, Outreach and Communication |
| EoI |
Expression of Interest |
| EPB |
European Polar Board |
| EPICA |
European Project for Ice Coring in Antarctica |
| EPPR |
Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response |
| ERP |
Event-Related Potentials |
| ESF |
European Science Foundation |
| ESFRI |
European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures |
| EUFAR |
European Fleet for Airborne Research |
| EU-ICEMASS |
Response of Arctic Ice Masses to Climate Change |
| EUSCO |
European Science Coordination Office |
| EU-SPICE |
Space-borne Measurements of Arctic Glaciers and Implications for Sea Level |
| FARO |
Forum of Arctic Research Operators |
| GCM |
General Circulation Model |
| GEF |
Global Environmental Facilities |
| GIANT |
Geodetic Infrastructure of Antarctica |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLACIODYN |
The Dynamic Response of Arctic Glaciers to Global Warming |
| GLOBEC |
Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics |
| GOOS |
Global Ocean Observing System |
| HAIS |
Heads of Arctic and Antarctic IPY 2007-2008 Secretariats |
| HARC |
Human Dimensions of the Arctic System |
| iAOOS |
Integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System |
| IARC |
International Arctic Research Center |
| IARPC |
Interagency Arctic Research and Policy Committee |
| IASC |
International Arctic Science Committee |
| IASOA |
International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere |
| IASSA |
International Arctic Social Sciences Association |
| IBCSO |
International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean |
| IBP |
International Biological Program |
| ICARP |
International Conference on Arctic Research Planning |
| ICESTAR |
Interhemispheric Conjugacy in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research |
| ICG |
International Contact Group |
| ICPM |
International Commission on Polar Meteorology |
| ICSU |
International Council for Science |
| IGBP |
International Geosphere Biosphere Program |
| IGOS |
Integrated Global Observing Strategy |
| IHDP |
International Human Dimensions Program on Global Environmental Change |
| IMAU |
Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht |
| IMS |
Internet Map Server |
| INTAS |
International Association for the Promotion of Co-operation with Scientists from the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union |
| IODP |
International Ocean Drilling Program |
| IPA |
International Permafrost Association |
| IPAB |
International Program of Antarctic Buoys |
| IPCC |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPEV |
L’Institut polaire français Paul-Emile Victor |
| IPICS |
International Partnerships in Ice Core Science |
| IPIECA |
International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association |
| IPO |
International Program Office |
| IPS |
Indigenous Peoples Secretariat |
| IPY |
International Polar Year |
| IPY JC |
International Polar Year Joint Committee |
| IPYDIS |
International Polar Year Data and Information Service |
| ISAC |
International Study of Arctic Change |
| ISIRA |
International Science Initiative in the Russian Arctic |
| ISMASS |
Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level |
| ITEX |
International Tundra Experiment |
| IUCP |
International University Courses on Permafrost |
| JCADM |
Joint SCAR/COMNAP Committee on Antarctic Data Management |
| KIRB |
Kongsfjorden International Research Base |
| LME |
Large Marine Ecosystem |
| LOICZ |
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone |
| LOIRA |
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Russian Arctic |
| LTO |
Long-term Observing |
| MA |
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment |
| MAGICS |
Mass Balance of Arctic Glaciers and Ice Sheets in Relation to the Climate and Sea-level Changes |
| MAST |
Map of Sediment Thickness |
| MeHg |
Methylmercury |
| MOSAK |
Modeling and Observational Studies of Antarctic Katabatic Winds |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| NARSEC |
Network on Arctic Rapid Social-Ecological Change |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASCO |
North American Science Coordination Office |
| NERC ARSF |
The UK National Environment Research Council Airborne Research and Survey Facility |
| NERC UK |
The UK National Environment Research Council |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NICOP |
Ninth International Conference on Permafrost |
| NILU |
Norwegian Institute for Air Research |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NRF |
Northern Research Forum |
| NRG |
New Research Generation |
| NRK |
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation |
| NUHIP |
Nutrition and Health of the Northern Indigenous Peoples |
| NWO |
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research |
| NySMAC |
Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OGA |
Oil and Gas Assessment |
| PAG |
Pacific Arctic Group |
| PAME |
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment |
| PAN |
Polar Archeology Network |
| PASTA |
Plateau Astronomy Site Testing in Antarctica |
| PBDEs |
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers |
| PCBs |
Polychlorinated Biphenyls |
| PFOS |
Pefluorooctane Sulfonate |
| PI |
Principle Investigator |
| POPs |
Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| PPS Arctic |
Present Day Processes, Past Changes, and Spatiotemporal Variability of Biotic, Abiotic and Socio-environmental Conditions and Resource Components Along and Across the Arctic Delimitation Zone |
| PTS |
Persistent Toxic Substances |
| PUFAs |
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids |
| PYRN |
Permafrost Young Researchers Network |
| R & S Group |
Review and Strategy Group |
| RAISE |
Russian-American Initiative on Shelf-Land Environments |
| RAS |
Russian Academy of Sciences |
| RB |
Regional Board |
| RCN |
Research Council of Norway |
| S4D |
Search for Damocles |
| SALE |
Sub Glacial Antarctic Lake Exploration |
| SAM |
Survey of Arctic Meetings |
| SAO |
Senior Arctic Official |
| SAON |
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks |
| SAON-IG |
Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks – Initiating Group |
| SC |
Steering Committee |
| SCANNET |
Scandinavian and Northern European Network of Terrestrial Field Bases |
| SCAR |
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research |
| SCO |
Science Coordination Office |
| SCOR |
Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research |
| SDWG |
Sustainable Development Working Group |
| SEARCH |
Study of Environmental Arctic Change |
| SFT |
Norwegian Pollution Control Authority |
| SIKU |
Sea Ice Knowledge and Use in the North |
| SNACS |
Study of the North Alaska Coastal System |
| SOOS |
Southern Ocean Observing System |
| SPRS |
Swedish Polar Research Secretariat |
| SRP |
Scientific Research Program |
| SSF |
Svalbard Science Forum |
| SSG |
Scientific Steering Group |
| SWIPA |
Snow, Water, Ice, and Permafrost in the Arctic |
| TAWEPI |
THORPEX Arctic Weather and Environmental Prediction Initiative |
| THORPEX |
The Observing System Research and Predictability Experiment |
| TSP |
Thermal State of Permafrost |
| TTI |
Tundra Taiga Interface |
| U.S. NSF |
United States National Science Foundation |
| U.S. PRB |
United Stated Polar Research Board |
| UAF |
University of Alaska Fairbanks |
| UArctic |
University of the Arctic |
| UIT |
University of Tromsø |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
| UNEP-WCMC |
United Nations Environment Program – World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
| USNC for IPY |
United States National Committee for the International Polar Year 2007-2008 |
| WAG |
Working Group on Arctic Glaciology |
| WCRP |
World Climate Research Program |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WWF |
World Wide Fund for Nature |
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