The EU project Arctic PASSION received Horizon 2020 funding to create a better system for observing the Arctic by improving data access, including Indigenous knowledge, and addressing the challenges brought by Arctic changes. Arctic PASSION stands for Pan-Arctic Observing System of Systems: Implementing Observations for Societal Needs.
INPA aim: terrestrial environmental monitoring sites established
43 partners from 17 countries, 10 INPA stations involved
Equipments (160 k€ in total) shipped and most of them installed in the field
Project Duration: 2021 to 2025
Within work package 1 of this project, INPA is leading a task on improving terrestrial monitoring across the Arctic. INPA invited ten Arctic field stations from its network to join this effort. Initially, the team assessed what parameters are currently being monitored at the ten stations in the climate, cryosphere and ecosystem domains. Through a series of meetings with the station managers of the ten stations, the best approach to fill any gaps in monitoring was discussed and missing instruments were ordered. All stations have received their instruments and are currently installing them, improving the monitoring at the ten sites.
