NOAA Arctic Report Card 2025 : Assessing the State of the Arctic Observing Network: Strengths, Gaps and Risks to Systems that Track Arctic Change

Starkweather, S.; Armstrong, M. B.; Shapiro, H.

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NOAA Arctic Report Card 2025 : Assessing the State of the Arctic Observing Network: Strengths, Gaps and Risks to Systems that Track Arctic Change

2026
By Starkweather, S. ; Armstrong, M. B. ; Shapiro, H.
Series: NOAA technical report OAR ARC 25-15 (Arctic Report Card)

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Alternative Title:

Assessing the State of the Arctic Observing Network: Strengths, Gaps and Risks to Systems that Track Arctic Change
Personal Author:

Starkweather, S. ; Armstrong, M. B. ; Shapiro, H.
Corporate Authors:

Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing (U.S.) ; University of Colorado Boulder. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences. ; Physical Sciences Laboratory (U.S.) ; National Sea Grant College Program (U.S.) ; UIC Science.
NOAA Program & Office:

OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GOMO (Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing) ; PMEL (Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory) ; PSL (Physical Sciences Laboratory) ; Sea Grant ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
Sea Grant Program:

NSGO/NSGLC (National Sea Grant)
Description:

For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card (ARC) has vividly depicted the profound transformations of Arctic systems and their far-reaching consequences for societies in the region and beyond (see ARC 2025 Executive Summary). Accurate and timely observations of these rapid, system-wide changes are essential, making the internationally coordinated Arctic Observing Network (AON) a crucial foundation for assessments such as the ARC. This essay for the 20th anniversary Report Card provides an updated assessment of the AON, focusing on its strengths, persistent gaps, and risks in supporting scientific assessments typified by the ARC.
Keywords:

Arctic Regions Climatic Changes Evaluation Monitoring Arctic Regions Climatic Changes
Series:

NOAA technical report OAR ARC 25-15 (Arctic Report Card)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25923/m8k4-9558
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pdf
Document Type:

Technical Report
Place as Subject:

Arctic Ocean
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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CC0 Public Domain
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Submitted
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