Sharing Data…
- By Max Holmes
- July 21, 2010
The three overarching objectives of the Polaris Project are to 1) train the next generation of arctic researchers, 2) advance scientific understanding of the Arctic, and 3) expand public awareness of the feedbacks between the Arctic and the global climate system. The collection and dissemination of important, high quality data is important for all of these objectives. The philosophy of the Polaris Project is that all data are community property – not just for participants in the Polaris Project but also for the broader research community and the public at large. Therefore, we are working hard to make Polaris Project data understandable and available. Eventually all Polaris data will be archived at the Arctic Observing Network’s Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service (AON-CADIS). For a snapshot of some of the data we are collecting, see the attached spreadsheet (which at this point is preliminary and rapidly evolving).