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Appendix 6

Appendices

  1. SCAR Members
  2. Members of the Executive, Secretariat, and Chief Officers
  3. New SCAR Structure
  4. Descriptions of SCAR’s Main Scientific Research Programmes
  5. Lists of SCAR’s Action and Expert Groups
  6. Acronyms

List of Acronyms

AAA Antarctic and Astronomy and Astrophysics
ACE Antarctic Climate Evolution
ADMAP Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project
AGCS Antarctica in the Global Climate System
AGU American Geophysical Union
ANDRILL Antarctic Geological Drilling Project
ANTEC Antarctic Neotectonics
ANTIME Late Quaternary Sedimentary Record of Antarctic Ice Margin Evolution
ANTSDI Antarctic Spatial Data Infrastructure
ASPeCT Antarctic Sea-Ice Processes and Climate
ATAC Antarctic Tropospheric Aerosols and their Role in Climate
ATCM Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting
CAML Census of Antarctic Marine Life
CEP Committee for Environmental Protection
CliC Climate and Cryosphere Programme
CMBR Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
COG Communication and Outreach
CoML Census of Marine Life
COMNAP Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes
EASIZ Ecology of the Antarctic Sea-Ice Zone
EBA Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic
EGGI Expert Group on Geographical Information
EGGPE Expert Group on Permafrost and Periglacial Environments
EGU European Geophysical Union
EoI Expression of Interest
EVOLANTA Evolutionary Biology of Antarctic Organisms
GIANT Geodetic Infrastructure for Antarctica
GIS Geographic Information Systems
GIWA Global International Waters Assessment
GLOBEC Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
GLOCHANT Group of Specialists on Global Change and the Antarctic
GPS Global Positioning System
IABO International Association of Biological Oceanography
IAG International Association of Geodesy
IAnZone International (Coordination of Oceanographic Research within the) Antarctic Zone
IAPSO International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Ocean
IBCSO International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean
ICESTAR Inter-hemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research
ICSU International Council for Science
IGOS Integrated Global Observing Strategy
IGU International Geographical Union
IGY International Geophysical Year
IPA International Permafrost Association
IPOD Integrated Program for Ocean Drilling
IPY International Polar Year
ISMASS Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea-Level
ITASE International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition
IUBS International Union of Biological Sciences
IUGG International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
IUGS International Union of Geological Sciences
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
IUPS International Union of Physiological Sciences
JCADM Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management
MarBIN Marine Biodiversity Information Network
MEDINET Medical Network
MOSAK Modelling and Observational Studies of Antarctic Katabatic Winds
OBIS Ocean Biodiversity Information System
PASTA Plateau Astronomy Site Testing in Antarctica
READER Reference Antarctic Data for Environmental Research
RiSCC Regional Sensitivity to Climate Change in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems
SALE Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments
SALEGOS Subglacial Antarctic Lake Exploration Group of Specialists
SCALOP Standing Committee on Antarctic Logistics and Operations
SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SHALDRIL Shallow Drilling
SRP Scientific Research Programme
SSG Standing Scientific Group
SSG-G SSG on Geosciences
SSG-LS SSG on Life Sciences
SSG-PS SSG on Physical Sciences
UN United Nations
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
URSI Union Radio Scientifique Internationale
WMO World Meteorological Organization