Cryosphere Category

List of Active NEESPI Projects:

    1. Combining remote sensing and field studies for assessment of landform dynamics and permafrost state on Yamal.
    2. RCN-SEES: Building a Research Network for Promoting Arctic Urban Sustainability in Russia.
    3. DIOGENES - Dust Impacts on Glaciated Environments.
    4. Collaborative Research: The East Siberian Arctic Shelf as a Source of Atmospheric Methane: First Approach to Quantitative Assessment.
    5. Collaborative Research: Degrading off-shore permafrost as a current and potential source of atmospheric methane.
    6. The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network--CALM III (2009-2014): Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System.
    7. Adaptation to Rapid Land-Use and Climate Changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Remote Sensing and Models for Analyzing Cumulative Effects.
    8. Integrating Field and Remotely Sensed Data for Improved Characterization of Permafrost Landscapes in the Russian Arctic.
    9. Snow Reflectance Transition Experiment (SNORTEX).
    10. Investigating glacier response to the recent climate change in the Polar Urals, Russia.
    11. Asian Ice Core Array (AICA): Reconstruction of Past Physical and Chemical Climate over Central Asia.
    12. The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network-CALM: Long-Term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System.
    13. Diagnostics and modelling of climate in polar and subpolar regions.
    14. Collaborative Research: Diagnosis of Changes in Alpine Water Storages and Land Surface Degradation in Pamir Mountains and Amu Dariya River Basin.
    15. Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Arctic system carbon cycle research through model-data fusion studies using atmospheric inversion and process-based approaches.
    16. Contemporary glaciation state in the Arctic, glaciers’ instability and iceberg formation.
    17. Estimation of seasonal snow cover, glacial and lake area changes at the Ob'/Yenisey river heads during the last 40 years using NASA ESE products and in situ data.
    18. Changes of snowiness in Northern Eurasia in connection to atmospheric processes.
    19. Evaluating the recent and future climate change and glacier dynamics in the mountains of Southern Siberia.
    20. Climate change, glacier dynamics, and water availability in the Caucasus.
    21. Heat, mass and momentum transfer in katabatic winds over glaciers and ice sheets.
    22. Development of a Network of Permafrost Observatories in North America and Russia: The US Contribution to the International Polar Year.
    23. State, structure and changes of cryosphere: Cryogenesis and its influence on natural and man-caused geosystems.
    24. Collaborative Research: Understanding Change in the Climate and Hydrology of the Arctic Land Region: Synthesizing the Results of the ARCSS Fresh Water Initiative Projects.
    25. The Eurasian fresh water cycle from GRACE and in-situ hydrological networks: distinguishing water cycle behavior in permafrost and non-permafrost regions.
    26. Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP): The U.S. contribution to the International Permafrost Observatory Network (INPO).
    27. Social vulnerability to climate change in Arctic western North America and eastern Russia.
    28. Heterogeneity and resilience of human-rangifer system: A circumpolar social-ecological synthesis.
    29. North-eastern Siberia glacier systems: Evolution of morphology and regime for the 20th century and their projections with climatic change.
    30. Modelling glacial responses to climate change in the Caucasus Mountains.
    31. Permafrost dynamics within the Northern Eurasia region and related impacts on surface and sub-surface hydrology.
    32. Continuous fields of snow cover characteristics derived through coupling satellite data with snowpack model. Application in the river runoff modeling over NEESPI domain.
    33. Current climate changes over Eastern Siberia and their impact on permafrost landscapes, ecosystem dynamics, and hydrological regime.
    34. The exploration of the coastal zone in the East-Siberian Sea and adjacent parts of the Laptev and Chukchi Seas.
    35. Role of land cover and land use change in hydrology of Eurasian Pan-Arctic.
    36. Estimation of seasonal snow cover and glacial area changes in central Asia (Tien Shan) during the last 50 years using NASA ESE products and in-situ data.
    37. Influence of snow vertical structure on hydrothermal regime and snow-related economical aspects in Northern Eurasia.
    38. Snow cover changes over Northern Eurasia during the last Century: Circulation consideration and hydrological consequences (SCCONE).
    39. Representativeness of estimates of changes in weather extremes.

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    Collaborative Research: Understanding Change in the Climate and Hydrology of the Arctic Land Region: Synthesizing the Results of the ARCSS Fresh Water Initiative Projects.

    Principal Investigators: Eric Wood (efwood@princeton.edu), Princeton University, Princeton, USA; Charles Vorosmarty (Charles.Vorosmarty@unh.edu), University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA; John Cassano (cassano@cires.colorado.edu ), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA; Dennis Lettenmaier (dennisl@washington.edu), University of Washington, Seattle, USA
    Co-Investigator: Richard Lammers, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA
    Collaborators: Larry Hinzman, Igor Semiletov, Daquing Yang, and Doug Kane, University of Alaska – Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Glen Liston, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
    Mark Serreze and Tingjun Zhang, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
    Laurence Smith, University of California-Los Angeles, Los-Angeles, USA
    Tony England, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
    Marika Holland, NCAR, Boulder, USA
    Amanda Lynch, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
    Andrew Weaver, University of Victoria, Canada
    Alexander Oltchev, Institute of Ecology and Evolution Problems of RAS, Moscow, Russia

    The Eurasian fresh water cycle from GRACE and in-situ hydrological networks: distinguishing water cycle behavior in permafrost and non-permafrost regions.

    Principal Investigator: Isabella Velikogna (Isabella@colorado.edu), University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
    Collaborator: Laurence Smith, University of California-Los Angeles, USA

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    Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP): The U.S. contribution to the International Permafrost Observatory Network (INPO).

    Principal Investigator: Vladimir Romanovsky (ffver@uaf.edu), University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigator: Jerry Brown, International Permafrost Association, Woods Hole, Mass., USA
    Collaborators: Thomas Ostercamp, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Felix Rivkin, Industrial-Research Institute of Engineering Survey for Construction, Moscow, Russia
    Alexander Vasiliev, Alexander Pavlov, Natalia Moskalenko, Mikhail Kanevsky, and Anna Kurchatova, All at Institute of Earth Cryosphere, Tyumen and Moscow
    Mikhail Zheleznyak, Nikolai Shender, and Yuri Skachkov, All at Institute of Permafrost Strudies, Yakutsk, Russia
    David Gilichinsky, Aleksander Kholodov, and Dmitry Feodorov-Davydov, All at Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil, Puschino, Moscow area, Russia
    Gary Clow, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado, USA
    Scientists from Magadan and Anadyr of Far Eastern Branch of RAS, Russia
    Donald (Skip) Walker, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Larry Hinzman, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, USA
    Frederic Nelson, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
    Hanne Christiansen, The University Center in Svalbard, Norway
    Sharon Smith, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Social vulnerability to climate change in Arctic western North America and eastern Russia.

    Principal Investigator: David Atkinson (datkinson@iarc.uaf.edu ), International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigators: Uma Bhatt, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
    Brandon Kelly, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA
    Craig Gerlach, Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

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    Heterogeneity and resilience of human-rangifer system: A circumpolar social-ecological synthesis.

    Principal Investigator: Gary Kofinas (gary.kofinas@uaf.edu ), Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigators: Brad Griffith, Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, USA
    Matt Berman, at Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska - Anchorage, USA
    Collaborators: Gennady Belchansky, RAS Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Moscow, Russia
    David C. Douglas, Biological Science Office, USGS Alaska Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
    Bruce Forbes, Arctic Center, Rovaniemi, Finland
    Konstantin Klokov, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
    Leonid Kolpashnikov, Extreme North Agricultural Research Institute, Norilsk, Russia
    Stephanie Martin, University of Alaska – Anchorage, Alaska, USA
    Craig Nicholson, University of Massachusetts -Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    Don Russell, Environment Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
    Collaborators: Alexander Vasiliev, Institute of Earth Cryosphere, Moscow, Russia
    Stanislav Ogorodov, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
    Oceana Francis-Chythlook, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
    Michel dos Santos Mesquita, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA

    North-eastern Siberia glacier systems: Evolution of morphology and regime for the 20th century and their projections with climatic change.

    Principal Investigators: Maria Ananicheva (maria_anan@rambler.ru, cest@online.ru), Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia and Shuhei Takahashi (shuhei@mail.kitami-it.ac.jp), Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Japan
    Co-Investigator: Alexander Krenke, Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
    Collaborators: Yuriy Kononov and Gregory Kapustin, both at Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow, Russia
    Takao Kameda and Hiroyuki Enomoto, both at Kitami Institute of Technology, Kitami, Japan
    Konosuke Sugiura, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokosuka, Japan
    Kunio Shirasawa, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

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    Modelling glacial responses to climate change in the Caucasus Mountains

    Principal Investigators: Maria Shahgedanova (m.shahgedanova@reading.ac.uk), Dept. of Geography, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom and Viktor Popovnin (po@geogr.msu.ru) Dept. of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
    Co-investigators: Christopher R. Stokes and Dr. Stephen D.Gurney, both Dept. of Geography, University of Reading, United Kingdom
    Dmitry Petrakov and Aleksander Aleynikov, both Dept. of Geography, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Permafrost dynamics within the Northern Eurasia region and related impacts on surface and sub-surface hydrology.

    Principal Investigator: Vladimir Romanovsky (ffver@uaf.edu) University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigator: Claude Duguay, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Collaborators: John Walsh and Igor Semiletov, both at University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Mikhail Zheleznyak, RAS Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russia
    Vyacheslav Razuvaev, Research Institute for Hydrometeorological Information, Obninsk, Russia
    Jens Christensen, Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

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    Continuous fields of snow cover characteristics derived through coupling satellite data with snowpack model. Application in the river runoff modeling over NEESPI domain.

    Principal Investigator: Peter Romanov (Peter.Romanov@noaa.gov) University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
    Co-Investigator: Dan Tarpley, NOAA Office of Research and Applications, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
    Collaborator: Lev Kuchment, RAS Institute of Water Problems, Moscow, Russia

    Current climate changes over Eastern Siberia and their impact on permafrost landscapes, ecosystem dynamics, and hydrological regime.

    Principal Investigator: Larry Hinzman (ffldh@uaf.edu) University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigator: Kenji Yoshikawa and Vladimir Romanovsky both at University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Collaborators: Nikolai Romanovsky, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
    Aleksander Georgiadi, RAS Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russia

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    The exploration of the coastal zone in the East-Siberian Sea and adjacent parts of the Laptev and Chukchi Seas.

    Principal Investigator: Valentin Sergienko (sergienko@hq.febras.ru) , Far Eastern Branch of RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
    Collaborator: Igor Semiletov (igorsm@iarc.uaf.edu), International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

    Role of land cover and land use change in hydrology of Eurasian Pan-Arctic.

    Principal Investigator: Charles Vorosmarty (Charles.Vorosmarty@unh.edu), University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
    Co-Investigators: George Hurtt, Xianming Xiao, Richard Lammers, and Alexander Shiklomanov, all at University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA
    Collaborator: Igor Shiklomanov, State Hydrological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

    Estimation of seasonal snow cover and glacial area changes in central Asia (Tien Shan) during the last 50 years using NASA ESE products and in-situ data.

    Principal Investigator: Vladimir Aizen, (aizen@uidaho.edu), University of Idaho, USA
    Co-Investigator: Elena Aizen, University of Idaho, USA
    Siri Jodha S. Khalsa, National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, USA
    Collaborator: Valeriy Kuzmichenok, Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower, National Academy of Science, Kyrgyz Republic

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    Influence of snow vertical structure on hydrothermal regime and snow-related economical aspects in Northern Eurasia.

    Principal Investigators: Andrey Shmakin (climate@igras.geonet.ru), Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
    Meinhard Breiling (meinhard.breiling@tuwien.ac.at), Technical University Vienna, Department for Landscape Planning, Vienna, Austria
    Co-Investigators: Marcia Phillips, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos, Switzerland
    Konstantin Rubinstein, The Hydrometeorological Centre of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
    Vladimir Golubev, Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow, Russia
    Maxim Petrov, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    Zdeno Kostka, Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia (kostka@svslm.sk)

    Snow cover changes over Northern Eurasia during the last Century: Circulation consideration and hydrological consequences (SCCONE).

    Principal Investigator: Raino Heino, (Raino.Heino@fmi.fi) Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland
    Co-Investigators: Eiric Førland, Norwegian Hydrometeorological Institute, Norway
    Lev Kitaev, RAS Institute of Geography, Russia
    Aleksander N. Krenke, RAS Institute of Geography, Russia
    Vycheslav N. Razuvaev, Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information, Russia

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    Representativeness of estimates of changes in weather extremes.

    Principal Investigator: Pavel Ya. Groisman (Pasha.Groisman@noaa.gov), University Corporation for Atmospheric Research at NOAA/NESDIS/ National Climatic Data Center, USA
    Co-Investigators: David R. Easterling, NOAA National Climatic Data Center, USA
    Vyacheslav N. Razuvaev Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information, Russia
    Vladimir K. Petukhov, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
    Collaborators: Xuebin Zhang, Climate Research Unit, Meteorological Service of Canada
    Gabriele Hegerl, Duke University, USA

    State, structure and changes of cryosphere: Cryogenesis and its influence on natural and man-caused geosystems     Member of SIRS Mega-project.

    Principal Investigator: Vladimir P. Melnikov (melnikov@ikz.ru), Tyumen Scientific Center SB RAS, RAS Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tyumen, Russia.

    Development of a Network of Permafrost Observatories in North America and Russia: The US Contribution to the International Polar Year.

    Principal Investigator: Vladimir Romanovsky (ffver@uaf.edu), University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigator: Jerry Brown, International Permafrost Association, Woods Hole, Mass., USA
    Collaborators: Thomas Osterkamp, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Felix Rivkin, Industrial-Research Institute of Engineering Survey for Construction, Moscow, Russia
    Alexander Vasiliev, Alexander Pavlov, Natalia Moskalenko, Mikhail Kanevsky, and Anna Kurchatova, All at Institute of Earth Cryosphere, Tyumen and Moscow
    Mikhail Zheleznyak, Nikolai Shender, and Yuri Skachkov, All at Melnikov Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russia
    David Gilichinsky, Aleksander Kholodov, and Dmitry Feodorov-Davydov, All at the Institute of Physico-Chemical and Biological Problems of Soil, Puschino, Moscow area, Russia
    Naum Oberman, MIRECO, Inc., Syktyvkar, Russia
    Dmitry Sergeev, Institute Environmental Geoscience, Moscow, Russia
    Dmitry Shesternev, Institute of Natural Recourses, Ecologies, and Cryology, Chita, Russia
    Sergei Marchenko, Institute of Geography, Almaaty, Kazakhstan
    Natsagdorj Shaarkhu, Institute of Geography, Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
    Gary Clow, USGS, Lakewood, Colorado, USA
    Donald (Skip) Walker, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Larry Hinzman, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska - Fairbanks, USA
    Frederic Nelson, Nikolai Shiklomanov, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
    Hanne Christiansen, The University Center in Svalbard, Norway
    Sharon Smith, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Heat, mass and momentum transfer in katabatic winds over glaciers and ice sheets.

    Principal Investigator: Irina Repina (repina@ifaran.ru), A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Russia
    Collaborators: Boris Ivanov (b_ivanov@aari.nw.ru), Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
    Johannes Oerlemans, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Denmark
    Yury Artamonov, Marine Hydrophysical Institute NASU, Sebastopol, Ukraine

    Modelling climate change, glacier dynamics, and water availability in the Caucasus.

    Principal Investigator: Maria Shahgedanova (m.shahgedanova@reading.ac.uk), Department of Geography, the University of Reading, United Kingdom
    Co-Investigators: Christopher Stokes (c.r.stokes@reading.ac.uk) and Katie Grant, Department of Geography, the University of Reading, United Kingdom
    Ottfried Baume (O.Baume@geographie.uni-muenchen.de), Wilfried Hagg (Wilfried.Hagg@lrz.badw-muenchen.de), and Christoph Mayers, Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    Ramin Gobijishvili (geograf@gw.acnet.ge), Alexandre Javahisvili, Nino Lomidze, and David Svanadze, Laboratory of Glaciology, Vakhushti Bagrationi Institute of Geography, Tbilisi, Georgia
    Victor Popovnin (po@geogr.msu.ru), Alexander Aleynikov (shu@scanex.ru), and Pavel Toropov, Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Evaluating the recent and future climate change and glacier dynamics in the mountains of Southern Siberia.

    Principal Investigator: Maria Shahgedanova (m.shahgedanova@reading.ac.uk), Department of Geography, the University of Reading, United Kingdom
    Co-Investigators: Christopher Stokes (c.r.stokes@reading.ac.uk) and Stephen Gurney, Department of Geography, the University of Reading, United Kingdom
    Ottfried Baume (O.Baume@geographie.uni-muenchen.de), Wilfried Hagg (Wilfried.Hagg@lrz.badw-muenchen.de), and Christoph Mayers, Department of Geography, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
    Tatyana Khromova (tkhromova@gmail.com), Gennady Nosenko (gnosenko@mail.ru), Stanislav Kutuzov, and Anton Muraviev, RAS Institute of Geography, Moscow, Russia
    Victor Popovnin (po@geogr.msu.ru), Alexander Aleynikov (shu@scanex.ru), and Pavel Toropov, Department of Cryolithology and Glaciology, Moscow State University, Russia

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    Changes of snowiness in Northern Eurasia in connection to atmospheric processes.

    Principal Investigator: Andrey B. Shmakin (andrey_shmakin@mail.ru), RAS Institute for Geography, Moscow, Russia
    Co-Investigators:Alexander N. Krenke, Valeria V. Popova, Dmitry V. Turkov, Maria D. Ananicheva, Lev M. Kitaev, Tatiana B. Titkova , Elena A. Cherenkova, and Ekaterina D. Babina, all from the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
    Collaborators: Meinhard Breiling (meinhard.breiling@tuwien.ac.at), Technical University Vienna, Department for Landscape Planning, Vienna, Austria
    Zdeno Kostka and Ladislav Holko, both at Institute of Hydrology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia
    Pavel Charamza, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
    Marcia Phillips, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research, Davos, Switzerland
    Maxim A. Petrov, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
    Konstantin G. Rubinstein and Valentina M. Khan, both at The Hydrometeorological Centre of Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
    Vladimir N. Golubev, Sergey A. Sokratov, and Marina N. Petrushina, at Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography, Moscow, Russia

    Estimation of seasonal snow cover, glacial and lake area changes at the Ob'/Yenisey river heads during the last 40 years using NASA ESE products and in situ data.

    Principal Investigator: Vladimir Aizen (aizen@uidaho.edu), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
    Co-Investigators: Elena Aizen and Arzhan Surazhakov, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
    Collaborators: Stanislav A. Nikitin and Uriu K. Narojniy, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia

    Contemporary glaciation state in the Arctic, glaciers’ instability and iceberg formation.

    Principal Investigator:Andrey F. Glazovsky (icemass@yandex.ru), RAS Institute for Geography, Moscow, Russia
    Collaborator: Mark Dyurgerov (Mark.Dyurgerov@colorado.edu) Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

    Collaborative Research: Synthesis of Arctic system carbon cycle research through model-data fusion studies using atmospheric inversion and process-based approaches.

    Principal Investigator: Qianlai Zhuang (qzhuang@purdue.edu), Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
    Co-Investigators: David McGuire (ffadm@uaf.edu), University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Jerry Melillo(jmelillo@mbl.edu), Bruce Peterson(Peterson@mbl.edu), Jim McClelland(jmcclelland@mbl.edu), and Dave Kicklighter(dkick@mbl.edu), Marine Biological Laboratory,Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
    Ron Prinn (rprinn@mit.edu) and Mick Follows (mick@ocean.mit.edu), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
    Collaborator: Sergey Zimov (sazimov@cher.sakha.ru), North-East Science Station, Cherskii, Sakha (Yakutia), Russia

    Collaborative Research: Diagnosis of Changes in Alpine Water Storages and Land Surface Degradation in Pamir Mountains and Amu Dariya River Basin.

    Principal Investigator: Vladimir Aizen (aizen@uidaho.edu), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
    Co-Investigators: Elena Aizen (aizen@uidaho.edu), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
    Roland Geerken (roland.geerken@yale.edu), Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
    Collaborators: Arzhan Surazhakov (asurazhakov@vandals.uidaho.edu), University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
    Stanislav Nikitin (santvp@mail.tsu.ru), Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
    Gennady Nosenko (gnosenko@mail.ru), Institute of Geography, RAS, Moscow, Russia
    Alexander Finaev (finaeff@gmail.com), Institute of Ecology and Hydropower, Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
    Peter Sosin (foker@list.ru), Research Institute of Pedology, Tajik Academy of Agriculture, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

    Diagnostics and modelling of climate in polar and subpolar regions.

    Principal Investigator: Igor I. Mokhov (mokhov@ifaran.ru), RAS Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Moscow, Russia
    Collaborators: Anthony R. Lupo (LupoA@missouri.edu), University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
    Erich Roeckner (erich.roeckner@zmaw.de), Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany
    Mojib Latif (mlatif@ifm-geomar.de), Leibniz-Institut fuer Meereswissenschaften, Kiel, Germany
    Peter A. Stott (peter.stott@metoffice.gov.uk), UK Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research, Exeter, UK

    The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network-CALM: Long-Term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System. Abstract.

    Principal Investigator: Principle investigator: Frederic E. Nelson (fnelson@udel.edu), Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
    Co-Investigator: Nikolai Shiklomanov (shiklom@udel.edu), Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
    Collaborators: Alexander Vasiliev, Dmitriy Drozdov, Marina Leibman, Galina Malkova, and Natalia Moskalenko, all at the Earth Cryosphere Institute, Moscow, Russia
    David Gilichinskiy, Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science of RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Area, Russia
    Sergei Marchenko, Institute of Geography, Almaaty, Kazakhstan
    Anna Kurchatova, Earth Cryosphere Institute, Tumen’, Russia
    Valeri Grebenetz, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
    Dmitriy Zamolodchikov, Center for Ecology and Productivity of Forests, RAS, Moscow, Russia
    Galina Mazhitova, Komi Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Syktyvkar, Russia
    Sergei Zimov, Northeast Science Station, Cherskii, Saha Republic, Russia
    Natsagdorj Shaarkhu, Institute of Geography and Geocryology MAS, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
    Vladimir Romanovsky and Yuri Shur, both at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Vladimir Razhivin, Komarov Botanical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
    Jerry Brown, International Permafrost Association, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
    Kenneth Hinkle, Department of Geography, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
    Kathy Seybold, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
    James Bockheim, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    Anna Klene, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA

    Asian Ice Core Array (AICA): Reconstruction of Past Physical and Chemical Climate over Central Asia. Abstract.

    Principal Investigators: Vladimir Aizen (aizen@uidaho.edu), Department of Geography, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, and Paul A. Mayewski (paul.mayewski@maine.edu), University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
    Co-Investigators: Elena Aizen (aizen@uidaho.edu), Department of Geography, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
    Andrei V. Kurbatov, and Karl Kreutz, both at the University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
    Collaborator: Alexander Finaev (finaeff@gmail.com), Institute of Ecology and Hydropower, Tajik Academy of Sciences, Dushanbe, Tajikistan

    Investigating glacier response to the recent climate change in the Polar Urals, Russia.

    Principal Investigator: Maria Shahgedanova (m.shahgedanova@reading.ac.uk), Walker Institute for Climate System Research and the Department of Geography, The University of Reading, Reading, UK
    Co-Investigators: Katie Grant (k.l.grant@reading.ac.uk), Walker Institute for Climate System Research and the Department of Geography, The University of Reading, Reading, UK
    Gennady Nosenko (gnosenko@mail.ru) and Anton Muraveoyv (anton-yar@rambler.ru), Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia

    Snow Reflectance Transition Experiment (SNORTEX).
       Abstract.

    Principal Investigators: Jean-Louis Roujean (jean-louis.roujean@meteo.fr), Météo-France, Toulouse, France and Terhikki Manninen (terhikki.manninen@fmi.fi), Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
    Co-Investigators: Jouni Peltoniemi (Jouni.Peltoniemi@fgi.fi) and Sanna Kaasalainen, Finnish Geodetic Institute, Masala, Finland
    Garik Gutman (ggutman@nasa.gov), NASA Headquaters, Washington, DC, USA

    Integrating Field and Remotely Sensed Data for Improved Characterization of Permafrost Landscapes in the Russian Arctic.

    Principal Investigator: Michael O'Neal (michael@udel.edu), University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
    Co-Investigator:Nikolay Shiklomanov (shiklom@udel.edu),University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
    Collaborator: Jan Hjort (jan.hjort@helsinki.fi),University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Adaptation to Rapid Land-Use and Climate Changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Remote Sensing and Models for Analyzing Cumulative Effects.

    Principal Investigator: Donald Walker (ffdaw@uaf.edu), University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Co-Investigators:Uma Bhatt (bhatt@gi.alaska.edu), University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Vladimir Romanovsky (ffver@uaf.edu), University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Gary Kofinas (gary.kofinas@uaf.edu), University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Howard Epstein (hee2b@virginia.edu), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
    Josefino Comiso (josefino.c.comiso@nasa.gov), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
    Collaborators: Pavel Orekhov (orekhov.eci@gmail.com), Earth Cryosphere Institute SB RAS, Moscow, Russia
    Bruce Forbes (bforbes@ulapland.fi), Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland
    Martha Raynolds, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Natalya Moskakenko, Earth Cryosphere Institute SB RAS, Moscow, Russia
    Hilmar Maier, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
    Marina Leibman, Earth Cryosphere Institute SB RAS, Moscow, Russia

    The Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring Network--CALM III (2009-2014): Long-term Observations on the Climate-Active Layer-Permafrost System.
       Abstract.

    Principal Investigator: Nikolay Shiklomanov (shiklom@UDel.Edu), The George Washington University, Washington, DC USA
    Co-Investigator: Frederick Nelson, Department of Geography, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
    Collaborators: Alexander Vasiliev, Dmitry Drozdov, Natalia Moskalenko, Galina Malkova, Marina Leibman, all at Earth Cryosphere Institute, Moscow, Russia
    Andrei Abramov and David Gilichinsky, both at Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science, Pushchino, Russia
    Dmitry Kaverin, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Center, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic, Russia
    Dmitry Zamolodchikov and Dmitry Karelin, both Forest Ecology and Production Center, Moscow, Russia
    Oleg Tregubov, Chukotka Branch of North Eastern Research Institute, Anadyr', Russia
    Valery Grebenetz, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, and
    Sergei Zimov and Sergei Davudov, both at Cherskyi Field Station, Cherskyi, Yakutia, Russia

    Collaborative Research: Degrading off-shore permafrost as a current and potential source of atmospheric methane.

    Principal Investigator: Igor Semiletov (igorsm@iarc.uaf.edu), University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigators: Natalia Shakhova (nshakhov@iarc.uaf.edu),University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Samantha Joye (mjoye@uga.edu), Christof Meile, and Vladimir Samarkin; All at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, USA
    Collaborators: Dmitry Nicolsky and Alexander Kholodov, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Mikhail Grigoriev, RAS Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russia
    Pavel Rekant, VNII Okeangelogiya, Vladivostok, Russia
    Oleg Dudarev, Pacific Oceanological Institute, Vladivostok, Russia

    Collaborative Research: The East Siberian Arctic Shelf as a Source of Atmospheric Methane: First Approach to Quantitative Assessment.    Abstract.

    Principal Investigator: Natalia Shakhova (nshakhov@iarc.uaf.edu), University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Co-Investigators: Igor Semiletov (igorsm@iarc.uaf.edu) and Gleb Panteleev (gleb@iarc.uaf.edu), both at University of Alaska-Fairbanks, USA
    Collaborators: Mikhail Grigoriev, RAS Permafrost Institute, Yakutsk, Russia
    Pavel Rekant, VNII Okeangelogiya, Vladivostok, Russia
    Oleg Dudarev, Pacific Oceanological Institute, Vladivostok, Russia

    DIOGENES - Dust Impacts on Glaciated Environments.

    Principal Investigator: Maria Shahgedanova (m.shahgedanova@reading.ac.uk), Dept. of Geography, University of Reading, Reading, UK
    Co-Investigators: Kevin White and Margaret Woodage, both at University of Reading, Reading, UK
    Collaborator: Stanislav Kutuzov, Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.

    Collaborative Research: Interactions between air temperature, permafrost and hydrology in the high latitudes of Eurasia.

    Principal Investigator: Dmitry Streletskiy (strelets@gwu.edu), George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    Co-Investigator: Nikolay Shiklomanov (shiklom@gwu.edu), George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    Collaborators: Sergey Davydov, North-East Science Station, Russian Academy of Sciences, Cherskiy, Yakutia, Russia and Nikita Tananaev (igl@igarka.net), Geocryology Lab., Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Igarka, Russia

    RCN-SEES: Building a Research Network for Promoting Arctic Urban Sustainability in Russia.

    Principal Investigator: Robert Orttung (rorttung@gwu.edu),George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    Co-Investigators: Nikolay Shiklomanov (shiklom@gwu.edu), Dmitry Streletskiy (strelts@gwu.edu), and Marlene Laruelle (laruelle@gwu.edu), all at George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
    Collaborators:: Aleksandr Pelyasov (pelyasov@sops.ru), Council for Research of Productive Forces under Russian Academy of Sciences and Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, Moscow, Russia, Oleg Anisimov (oleg@oa7661.spb.edu), State Hydrological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, and Valery Grebenets (vgreb@inbox.ru), Department of Cryolithology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Combining remote sensing and field studies for assessment of landform dynamics and permafrost state on Yamal.


    Principal Investigators: Annett Bartsch (annett.bartsch@polarresearch.at), Department of Geoinformatics and Z_GIS, University of Salzburg, Austria and Marina Leibman, Earth Croysphere Institute (mleibman@online.ru), Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Science, Russia
    Collaborators:: Timo Kumpula, Department of Geography, University of Eastern Finland, Finland and Birgit Heim, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany

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