The survey on "Polar Observing Assets" was organised in preparation for the EU-PolarNet deliverable "Procedure for ongoing collection and collation of European Polar observing capacities and activities".
The survey ended 1st September, and a summary of the outcome is available here. The survey text is found here.There were a total of 89 respondents.
In addition to the overall report, separate reports have been prepared based on one of the questions in the survey: 'Are you or your institution engaged in one or more of the following international activities/organisations?' The question had these response options:
- Arctic Council (or one of its subsidiaries, i.e. Expert or Working Groups) (35)
- EU-PolarNet (26)
- European Polar Board (22)
- Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) / SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Data Management (SCADM) (36)
- Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) (20)
- Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) (or one of its Committees: ADC or CON) (40)
- Other EU-funded programmes, like Arctic PASSION, INTERACT or other EU Polar Cluster members (44)
For each of the sub-group of respondents, reports have been prepared, and they can be accessed through the link. The numbers in parenthesis gives the number of respondants in each report.
The preparation of the survey and reports have been funded through the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme.
