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Organisation of SCAR

SCAR Organisation Chart, as at May 2012

Acronym definitions

AAA Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica
ACA Antarctic Clouds and Aerosols
ACCE Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment
ACE Antarctic Climate Evolution
ADMAP Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project
AGAFS Action Group on Antarctic Fuel Spills
AGCS Antarctica and the Global Climate System
AntClim21 Antarctic Climate in the 21st Century (formerly PACE)
AntEco State of the Antarctic Ecosystem
AnT-ERA Antarctic Thresholds - Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation
ATHENA Advancing TecHnological and ENvironmental stewardship for subglacial exploration in Antarctica
EBA Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic
ECA Environmental Contamination in Antarctica
EGBAMM Expert Group on Birds and Marine Mammals
EG-CPR Expert Group on the Continuous Plankton Recorder
EGPPE Expert Group on Permafrost and Periglacial Environments
GIANT Geodetic Infrastructure of Antarctica
GWSWF GPS for Weather and Space Weather Forecasting
Human Bio Human Biology and Medicine
IASC International Arctic Science Committee
IBCSO International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean
ICED Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics
ICESTAR Inter-hemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research
IPICS International Partnership in Ice Core Sciences
ISMASS Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level
MarBIN Marine Biodiversity Information Network
Multibeam Multibeam Bathymetric Data Acquisition
Oceans Joint SCAR/SCOR Oceanography Expert Group
Op Met Operational Meteorology in the Antarctic
PACT Polar Atmospheric Chemistry at the Tropopause
PAIS Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics
PCPBEA Prediction of Changes in the Physical and Biological Environment of the Antarctic
SAVAnt Seeps And Vents Antarctica
SCADM Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management
SCAGI Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information
SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research
SERCE Solid Earth Response and Cryospheric Evolution
SO Acid Southern Ocean Acidification