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ANNUAL SCAR REPORT ON
NATIONAL ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
1 JULY 2002 TO 30 JUNE 2003
AND PLANNED NEW PROGRAMMES

Member Country: SPAIN

National SCAR Committee

Title: Comité Nacional de Investigación Antártica
Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnoligia
Address: C/ José Abascal, 4.28003 Madrid Spain
Telephone: +34 91 594 86 32
Fax: +34 91 594 86 43
Email:
Name Address
Chairman/President Dr J López-Martínez
Secretary
Representatives to SCAR Name Address
Permanent Delegate Dr J López-Martínez 1
Alternate Delegate Dr L G Sancho 2

Representatives to SCAR Scientific
Standing Groups

 Name Address
Geosciences Dr M Canals 3
Life Sciences Dr L G Sancho 2
Physical Sciences
National Operating Agencies
Scientific projects management
Title Subprograma Nacional de Investigatión en la Antártida
Minesterio de Ciencia y Tecnología
Address Paseo de la Castellana, 160
28071 Madrid Spain
Telephone +34 91 349 45 36
Fax +34 91 349 46 11
Logistics and operations
Title Unidad de Tecnología Marina (UTM)
Centro Mediterráneo de Investigciones Marinas y Ambientales. CSIC
Address Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta, 37-49
08003 Barcelona Spain
Telephone +34 93 230 95 00
Fax +34 93 230 95 55
Wintering Stations
Name Location Coordinates
Summer only Stations
Name Location Coordinates
Juan Carlos I
(15 Nov 2002-6 March 2003)
www.mcyt.es/cpe/instalaciones.htm		 Livingston Island 62°39'46"S
60°23'20"W
Gabriel de Castilla
(30 Nov 2002-6 March 2003)
www.mcyt.es/cpe/instalaciones.htm		 Deception Island 62°58'40"S
60°40'30"W
Automatic Recording Stations/Observatories
Name/Identifier Coordinates Parameters Recorded
89064 62°39'46"S
60°23'20"W		 Meteorology
1900-03 62°58'40"S
60°40'30"W		 WOVO network
(summer only)
--------- 62°39'46"S
60°23'20"W		 Seismology
(summer only)
--------- 62°39'46"S
60°23'20"W

Ozone. NO2 and CO2
(summer only)
--------- Geographics:
62°39'44"S
60°23'21"W		 Magnetic elements
(D, H, Z, F)
Geomagnetic:
52°06'15"S
08°12'40"E
19.4 m a.s.l.

Member Country: SPAIN

National Programmes/Scientific Standing Groups

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal
Investigator		 Address no.
Geodesy  *Modelling of deformation Deception Island  2001 - 2004  M Berrocoso 
M Astiz 

14 
15

 
* Geoide determination
*Multidisciplinar information system
Glacio-marine sedimentary system *Marine sedimentology Pacific margin of Antarctic Peninsula 2001 - 2003 A Calafat 16
*Ice fluctuations
Petrology *Igneous samples from South Shetland Islands Laboratory in Spain 2002 - 2003 D Gimeno 17
Geology and geomorphology *Geomorphology and neotectonics Elephant Island, Hurd ad Byers peninsulas, Livingston I. and Deception I. 2002 - 2005 J López-Martínez 1
*Periglacial system
*Geological and geomorphological mapping
Marine geology *Recent geology South Bay, Livingston island 2002 - 2003 G Ercila 18
*Seismo-stratigraphic and morpho-sedimentary studies

 

Life Sciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal
Investigator		 Address no.
Non marine aquatic ecosystems *Lake ecosystems Byers Peninsula, Livingston and Deception islands 2001 - 2004 A Quesada 4
* Biodiversity
*Microbiology
*Responses to climatic changes
Benthos suspensivores *Biology through biogeographic gradients Scotia Arc 2002 - 2003 J M Gili 5
Planktonic Communities *Temperature, salinity and oxygen profiles Gerlache Strait
Bransfield Strait		 2002 - 2003 D Vaqué 6
*Structure of zooplankton communities
Marine biology *Physic-biological identification Bransfield Strait 2002 - 2003 P Sangrá 7
Zoology
Global change		 *Physiological and genetic penguins variability South Shetland Islands 2002 - 2003 A Barbosa 8
*Geographic gradient
Benthos biodiversity *Biological sampling Bellinghausen Sea and Antarctic Peninsula 2002 - 2004 A Ramos 9
Penguin breeding *Breeding and antipredatory strategies Deception Island 2002 - 2005 M Soler 10
*Biological diveersity gradients
Marine biodiversity *Antarctic and sub-antarctic communities Punta Arenas, Livingston and Deception Islands 2002 - 2005 J Mora 11
Vegetal ecology *Biodiversity Jaylor Valley,
Dry Valleys and Transantarctic
Mountains 
Transantarctic
Mountains		 2002 - 2003 L G  Sancho 2
*Lichens and mosses ecology
Marine ecosystems *Zooplankton impact Bransfield Strait, Bellinghausen Sea and Gerlache Strait 2002 - 2005 J Pinchetti 12
*Mass balance
Marine ecosystems *Microplankton Bransfield Strait, Bellinghausen Sea and Gerlache Strait 2002 - 2005 C Duarte 13
*Pelagic interactions

 

Physical Sciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal
Investigator		 Address no.
Glacier thermo-mechanical processes  *Velocity rates Johnson and Hurd glaciers, Livingston Island   2002 - 2005   F Navarro   19  
*O3, NO2, OCIO distribution
*Polar vortex dynamics
Meteorology *Operation of the meteorological observatory Juan Carlos I station 2002 - 2003 A Labajo 22
Active superficial processes *Active layer Livingston Island 2002 - 2003 M Ramos 23
*Permafrost
Marine geophysics *Geomagnetism Deception Island 2001 - 2004 M Catalán-Morollon 24
*Gravimetry
*Seismic research
Geomagnetism and Ionosphere *Geomagnetic monitoring Livingston Island 2001 - 2004 M Torta 25
*Regional geomagnetic field modelling
*Ionosphere activity