Despite the low annual temperatures and short growing seasons that are characteristic of high northern latitudes (HNL), wildland fire is the dominant ecological disturbance within the region's boreal forest, the world's largest terrestrial biome. The boreal forest, also known as Taiga, is the band of mostly coniferous trees that stretches across the area north of the July 13°C isotherm in North America and Eurasia. Wildland fires also impact the tundra regions bordering the Taiga. This brief report updates our previous contribution to Arctic Report Card 2017. It summarizes evidence on variability and trends in fire disturbance in HNL, describes the fuels that characterize boreal and tundra ecosystems, and outlines how climate and subseasonal fire weather conditions in HNL influence the extent of area burned in a given year.
Moon, Twila A.; Tedesco, M.; Box, J. E.; Cappelen, J.; Fausto, R. S.; Fettweis, X.; Korsgaard, N. J.; Loomis, B.; Mankoff, K. D.; Mote, T.; Reijmer, C. H.; Smeets, C. J. P. P.; van As, D.; van de Wal, R. S. W.;
Corporate Authors:
National Snow and Ice Data Center (U.S.). University of Colorado Boulder. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research.
Published Date:
2020
Series:
Arctic Report Card
Description:
The Greenland ice sheet sits atop the world's largest island and holds the equivalent of 7.4 m of potential sea level rise (Morlighem et al. 2017). Following a period of relative stability from the 1970s to early 1990s, the ice sheet began losing ice...
Thoman, Richard L.; Richter-Menge, Jacqueline; Druckenmiller, Matthew L.;
Corporate Authors:
Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (U.S.). International Arctic Research Center. University of Alaska Fairbanks. National Snow and Ice Data Center (U.S.). University of Colorado Boulder. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Global Ocean Observing System. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.). Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.). Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (Fort Collins, Colo.).
Published Date:
2020
Series:
Arctic Report Card
Description:
The Arctic Report Card (ARC) provides an annual update on the state of the Arctic's climate and environment as well as highlights of Arctic science news of the past year. ARC2020 features 16 essays, 11 of which provide updates on a wide range of Arct...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.
Published Date:
2017
Series:
PC1705
Description:
This document summarizes the data obtained with the Sentry AUV during the PC1705 2017-demopoulos cruise. At the end of this cruise Amanda Demopoulos was provided with a copy of all the Sentry data from this cruise and the best \at-sea" data products ...
Holland, M. M.; Bushuk, M.; Jahn, A.; Roberts, A.;
Corporate Authors:
National Center for Atmospheric Research (U.S.). Climate and Global Dynamics Division. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (U.S.). Los Alamos National Laboratory. Theoretical Division. Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (Fort Collins, Colo.).
Published Date:
2020
Series:
Arctic Report Card
Description:
The Arctic is rapidly changing in response to rising greenhouse gas concentrations. To better prepare for Arctic change, reliable predictions are needed across a range of timescales. This includes sub-seasonal forecasts that aid near-term planning to...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.
Published Date:
2019
Series:
RB-1903
Description:
The RB1903 expedition on board the NOAA Ship Ron Brown with the ROV Jason is the fifth cruise of the project, and the second first submersible sampling cruise. The primary goals of this cruise are as follows: 1. Exploration of new sites and new areas...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. Office of Ocean Exploration and Research.
Published Date:
2017
Series:
PC1705
Description:
This document summarizes operations with the Sentry autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) during the PC1705 Demopoulos cruise. Included in this report is the vehicle conguration; basic vehicle and sensor performance; and post-dive reports (with summary...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Program Office. NOAA Arctic Research Program (U.S.). Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Northern Engineering. National Snow and Ice Data Center (U.S.). United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.). Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.). University of Lincoln. Norske meteorologiske institutt / Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Han’guk Haeyang Yŏn’guwŏn. Pusŏl Kŭkchi Yŏn’guso / Korea Polar Research Institute. International Arctic Research Center. University of Washington. Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute. Texas State University--San Marcos. Canada. Environment Canada. Ilmatieteen laitos (Finland / Finnish Meteorological Institute. Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France). United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service. Center for Satellite Applications and Research. Columbia University. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center. National Snow and Ice Data Center (U.S.). Universiteit Utrechtc. Danmarks og Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse / Geologic Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). Danmarks meteorologiske institut / Danish Meteorological Institute. Université de Liège / University of Liège. University of Georgia. Department of Geography. Dartmouth College. Thayer School of Engineering. University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. University of Colorado Boulder. Department of Aerospace Engineering. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Norsk polarinstitutt / Norwegian Polar Institute. Yale University. Clark University (Worcester, Mass.). Graduate School of Geography. University of Virginia. Department of Environmental Sciences. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Arctic Biology. Northern Arizona University. Universitetet i Tromsø / University of Tromsø. Lapin korkeakoulu / University of Lapland. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Environmental Sciences Division. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Geography. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Botany. University of Sheffield. University of Notre Dame. Canada. Environment Canada. Acadia University. Université Savoie Mont Blanc. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Alaska Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). Havforskningsinstituttet (Norway) / Norwegian Institute of Marine Research. Vserossiĭskiĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut rybnogo khozi︠a︡ĭstva i okeanografii (Russia) / Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. Murmanskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ tekhnicheskiĭ universitet / Murmansk State Technical University. Tomskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet / Tomsk State University.
Published Date:
2019
Series:
Arctic Report Card ; 2019
Description:
The 12 essays featured in Arctic Report Card 2019 provide comprehensive summaries of key land, ice, ocean and atmospheric observations made throughout the in the context of historical records. Taken together, the essays also serve to highlight the ma...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Program Office. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.). Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. NOAA Arctic Research Program (U.S.). University of Sheffield. Department of Geography. Norske meteorologiske institutt / Norwegian Meteorological Institute. Han’guk Haeyang Yŏn’guwŏn. Pusŏl Kŭkchi Yŏn’guso / Korea Polar Research Institute. International Arctic Research Center. University of Washington. Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute. Canada. Environment Canada. University of Toronto. Department of Physics. Ilmatieteen laitos (Finland) / Finnish Meteorological Institute. City University of New York. City College. National Science Foundation (U.S.). Danmarks og Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse / Geologic Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). Université de Liège / University of Liège. University of Georgia. Department of Geography. Universiteit Utrecht. University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. ERDC/CRREL TR. Dartmouth College. Thayer School of Engineering. Norsk polarinstitutt / Norwegian Polar Institute. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center. University of Colorado Boulder. Department of Aerospace Engineering. Yale University. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Clark University (Worcester, Mass.). Graduate School of Geography. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Universitetet i Tromsø / University of Tromsø. Hokkaidō Daigaku. Suisan Kagaku Kenkyūka / Hokkaido University. Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences. Université Laval. University of Virginia. Department of Environmental Sciences. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Arctic Biology. Zhongguo ke xue yuan / Chinese Academy of Science. Norsk polarinstitutt / Norwegian Polar Institute. Université du Québec à Rimouski. Université de Moncton / University of Moncton. Aarhus universitet / Aarhus University. University of British Columbia. Department of Zoology. National Wildlife Research Centre (Canada). Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Biology.
Published Date:
2014
Series:
Arctic Report Card ; 2014
Description:
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/) considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. The 2014 update to the Report Card describes the current state of different physical and bio...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Program Office. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. NOAA Arctic Research Program (U.S.). Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Canada. Environment Canada. Forschungszentrum Jülich. Ilmatieteen laitos (Finland) / Finnish Meteorological Institute. Norsk institutt for luftforskning / Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Earth System Research Laboratory (U.S.). Global Monitoring Division. Yale University. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Arkticheskiĭ i antarkticheskiĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut (Saint Petersburg, Russia) / Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay. Havforskningsinstituttet (Norway) / Norwegian Institute of Marine Research. Kaiyō Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō (Japan) / Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. Merentutkimuslaitos / Finnish Institute of Marine Research. International Arctic Research Center. Tōkyō Kaiyō Daigaku / Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. University of Washington. Applied Physics Laboratory. University of Washington. Polar Science Center. University of Alaska Fairbanks. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Science and Technology. Alaska Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). Canadian Wildlife Service. Clark University (Worcester, Mass.). Graduate School of Geography. Stanford University. Department of Environmental Earth System Science. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Zhongguo ji di yan jiu suo / Polar Research Institute of China. University of Alaska Fairbanks. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Université du Québec à Rimouski. Grønlands naturinstitut / Greenland Institute of Natural Resources. Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands / Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk / Russian Academy of Sciences. Institut okeanologii im. P.P. Shirshova / PP Shirshov Institute of Oceanology. University of Virginia. Department of Environmental Sciences. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Arctic Biology. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute. Zhongguo ke xue yuan / Chinese Academy of Science. University of British Columbia. Department of Geography. Lapin korkeakoulu / University of Lapland. Københavns universitet / University of Copenhagen. Colgate University. University of Sheffield. University of Texas at El Paso. Michigan State University. University of Notre Dame. Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.). University of Alaska (College). Department of Biological Sciences. Universitetet i Tromsø / University of Tromsø. Aarhus universitet. Afdelingen for systematisk botanik / Aarhus University. Department of Biosciences. Université Laval. Yukon College. City University of New York. City College. University of Alberta. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Geological Survey of Canada. Byrd Polar Research Center. Danmarks meteorologiske institut / Danish Meteorological Institute. Université de Liège / University of Liège. University of Georgia. Department of Geography. Universiteit Utrecht. University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. George Washington University.
Published Date:
2012
Series:
Arctic Report Card ; 2012
Description:
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/) considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. A major finding of the Report Card 2012 is that numerous record-setting melting events occur...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Program Office. Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.). Earth System Research Laboratory (U.S.). Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. NOAA Arctic Research Program (U.S.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). California Institute of Technology. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Canada. Environment Canada. Forschungszentrum Jülich. Ilmatieteen laitos (Finland) / Finnish Meteorological Institute. Norsk institutt for luftforskning / Norwegian Institute for Air Research. Universitetet i Oslo. Department of Physics / University of Oslo. Yale University. Arkticheskiĭ i antarkticheskiĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut (Saint Petersburg, Russia) / Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Qingdao hai yang da xue / Ocean University of China. Han’guk Haeyang Yŏn’guwŏn. Pusŏl Kŭkchi Yŏn’guso / Korea Polar Research Institute. Havforskningsinstituttet (Norway) / Norwegian Institute of Marine Research. Kaiyō Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō (Japan) / Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. International Arctic Research Center. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Columbia University. Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. University of Washington. Applied Physics Laboratory. Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay. United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Science and Technology. Alaska Fisheries Science Center. University of Alaska Fairbanks. School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Universitetet i Tromsø / University of Tromsø. Murmanskiĭ morskoĭ biologicheskiĭ institut / Murmansk Marine Biological Institute. California Academy of Sciences. Saltspring Island (B.C.). Gabriola Island (B.C.). Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk / Russian Academy of Sciences. Zapovednik ostrov Vrangeli︠a︡ (Russia). Yukon College. City University of New York. City College. University of Alberta. Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute. Geological Survey of Canada. Trent University. Department of Geography. University of Bristol. School of Geographical Sciences. Danmarks og Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse / Geologic Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). Danmarks meteorologiske institut / Danish Meteorological Institute. Université de Liège / University of Liège. University of Georgia. Department of Geography. Rutgers University. Department of Geography. University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Geography. Universiteit Utrecht. University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. University of Waterloo. Department of Geography and Environmental Management. Københavns universitet / University of Copenhagen. George Washington University. Institut kriosfery Zemli (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ nauk) / Earth Cryosphere Institute.
Published Date:
2013
Series:
Arctic Report Card ; 2013
Description:
The Arctic Report Card (www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard/) considers a wide range of environmental observations throughout the Arctic, and is updated annually. The 2013 update to the Report Card illustrates the significant effects of year-to-year and r...
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Program Office. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme. Program for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna. NOAA Arctic Research Program (U.S.). Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (U.S.). International Arctic Research Center. University of Washington. Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean. ERDC/CRREL TR. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space Flight Center. University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. National Snow and Ice Data Center (U.S.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.). California Institute of Technology. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. University of Washington. Polar Science Center. Arkticheskiĭ i antarkticheskiĭ nauchno-issledovatelʹskiĭ institut (Saint Petersburg, Russia) / Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Kaiyō Kenkyū Kaihatsu Kikō (Japan) / Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. Institute of Ocean Sciences, Patricia Bay. Merentutkimuslaitos / Finnish Institute of Marine Research. Alfred-Wegener-Institut für Polar- und Meeresforschung / Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Geophysical Institute. University of New Hampshire. University of Alaska Fairbanks. Institute of Arctic Biology. Zhongguo ke xue yuan / Chinese Academy of Science. Byrd Polar Research Center. Danmarks meteorologiske institut / Danish Meteorological Institute. University of Georgia. Department of Geography. Florida State University. Department of Meteorology. Danmarks og Grønlands geologiske undersøgelse / Geologic Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). Canada. Environment Canada. Rijksuniversiteit te Groningen. Noordelijk Centrum / University of Groningen, Arctic Centre. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
Published Date:
2008
Series:
Arctic Report Card ; 2008
Description:
The Arctic Report Card is introduced as a means of presenting clear, reliable and concise information on recent observations of environmental conditions in the Arctic, relative to historical time series records. Issued annually, it provides a method ...
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