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- Standing Scientific Groups (SSG)
- Cross-SSG Linkages Workshops
- Scientific Research Programmes (SRP)
- Data
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- Membership of SCAR Subsidiary Bodies (as at 21 November 2008)
- Science Partnerships
- Developing Observing Systems
Standing Scientific Groups
SCAR's Standing Scientific Groups are responsible for:
- Sharing information on disciplinary scientific research being conducted by national Antarctic programmes;
- Identifying research areas or fields where current research is lacking;
- Coordinating proposals for future research by national Antarctic programmes to achieve maximum scientific and logistic effectiveness;
- Identifying research areas or fields that might be best investigated by a SCAR Scientific Research Programme and establishing Scientific Programme Planning Groups to develop formal proposals to the Executive Committee;
- Establishing Action and Expert Groups to address specific research topics within the discipline.
The three Standing Scientific Groups are:
- Standing Scientific Group on GeoSciences
- Standing Scientific Group on Life Sciences
- Standing Scientific Group on Physical Sciences
Reports of SSG Chief Officers Meetings
Cross-SSG Linkages Workshops
1st Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop in Amsterdam, the Netherlands - November 2005
- Report from the Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop in Amsterdam, November 2005
- Selected Presentations from the Cross-SSG Workshop in Amsterdam, November 2005
2nd Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop in Rome, Italy - November 2006
- Report from the Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop in Rome, November 2006
- 2nd Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop website
The photograph shows attendees at the Rome workshop, November 2006.
3rd Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop in Modena, Italy - February 2009
- Report from the Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop in Modena, February 2009
- Selected presentations from the Cross-SSG Linkages Workshop in Modena
The photograph shows attendees at the Modena workshop, February 2009.
From left to right: John Turner, Kathy Conlan, Roberto Cervellati, Guido di Prisco, John Storey, Carlota
Escutia, Kim Finney, Alessandro Capra, Toni Meloni, Carlo Barbante, Colin Summerhayes, Maurizio Candidi,
Dominic Hodgson, Chuck Kennicutt and Annika Seppälä.
Scientific Research Programmes (SRPs)
The main focus of SCAR's international scientific coordination is on five Scientific Research Programmes.
If you wish to contribute to any one of these programmes please get in touch with the Chief Officers of SRPs or contact SCAR Secretariat.
- Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE)
- Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE)
- Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic (EBA)
- Antarctica and the Global Climate System (AGCS)
- Interhemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research (ICESTAR)
Data and Information Management
The management of Data and Information on behalf of SCAR's scientific community is carried out by:
- The Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM), which is responsible for the Antarctic Data Directory System, centred on:
- The Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SC-AGI) established in 2006. Please see list of SC-AGI Members. SC-AGI is responsible for several initiatives:
- The SCAR-MarBIN project (SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network) is the data management component of the Circum Antarctic Census of Marine Life (CAML).
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