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AN: C41A-01 INVITED     [Abstracts]
TI: The International Polar Year 2007-2008: a Preliminary Overview of Proposed Research Activities.
AU: Allison, I
EM: ian.allison@aad.gov.au
AF: Australian Antarctic Division and Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC, Private Bag 80, Hobart, Tas 7001 Australia
AU: * Beland, M
EM: michel.beland@ec.gc.ca
AF: Meteorological Service of Canada, 2121 TransCanada Highway , Dorval, Que H9P 1J3 Canada
AU: Members, J
EM: jcel@bas.ac.uk
AF: ICSU/WMO Joint Committee for IPY 2007-2008, IPY-IPO c/- British Antarctic Survey High Cross, Madingley Road , Cambridge, CB3 0ET United Kingdom
AB: The International Polar Year 2007-2008 (IPY 2007-2008), co-sponsored by the International Council for Science and the World Meteorological Organization, will be an intensive and internationally coordinated campaign of high quality research and observations in the polar regions. It will have an interdisciplinary emphasis, with active inclusion of the social sciences as well as natural science. The IPY 2007-2008 is intended to lay the foundation for major scientific advances in knowledge and understanding of the polar regions and their role in the functioning of the planet. IPY 2007-2008 will address six broad research themes. These are the present environmental status of the polar regions; change in the polar regions; the links and interactions between polar regions and the rest of the globe; frontiers of science in the polar regions; the polar regions as a unique vantage point to observe processes from the interior of the Earth, to the Sun and the cosmos beyond; and the culture, history, and sociology of human societies in polar regions. Details of the IPY science plan and its implementation are available in the IPY Framework document at www.ipy.org, A large number of proposals for potential IPY activities were received in January 2005 in response to a preliminary call for "Expressions of Intent". Those projects meeting the IPY criteria have been identified and are presently being developed more fully and, where appropriate, consolidated into larger projects. This presentation will provide an outline of the major scientific initiatives that are developing under the IPY 2007-2008 vision. Opportunities for participation in the developing IPY projects will be noted, as will those projects seeking additional input from new collaborators.
UR: http:///www.ipy.org
DE: 9310 Antarctica
DE: 9315 Arctic region
SC: Cryosphere [C]
MN: 2005 Joint Assembly