Multiple Resource Announcements
Call for Photographs
IASC 2012 Yearbook
International Arctic Science CommitteeNew Dataset Available
SSM/I and AMSR-E Daily Polar Brightness Temperatures
National Snow and Ice Data CenterSeptember 2011 Issue of the Journal ARCTIC Available
Volume 64, Number 3
Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
- Call for Photographs
IASC 2012 Yearbook
International Arctic Science Committee
The International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) invites submission of
images depicting all areas of arctic science. This can include
scientists in the field, animals, landscapes, everyday life, and much
more.
IASC publishes its yearbook each spring, and approximately 1,500 copies
are widely circulated by mail and distributed at the Arctic Science
Summit Week. The graphics and photographs in the publication depend
solely on contributions from IASC council members, related institutes,
and scientists. IASC seeks new photographs for the 2012 yearbook, as
well as other uses including the website, brochure, and calendar.
IASC cannot pay for copyrights, but the photographer always receives a
copy of the print by regular mail, and whenever an image is used the
photographer's name and (if required) the institute he or she works for
will be cited. The image quality must be approximately 3,500 x 2,500 pixels.
Photographs can be submitted to Mare Pit via email (mare.pit [at] iasc.info).
For very large files, please contact Pit for instructions on accessing a
dropbox folder to which images can be uploaded. All submissions should
include:
- A short description about the image and background information on
the project/research;
- Location;
- Name of photographer/institute; and
- Contact information.
Unless indicated otherwise, IASC will assume that submissions may be
used for any IASC-related publication. None of the photographs will be
used for commercial purposes; in the event of a commercial request, IASC
will refer the inquirer to the photographer. Due to the large volume of
submissions, not all photographs will be used.
To submit an image, or for further information, please contact:
Mare Pit
Email: mare.pit [at] iasc.info
- New Dataset Available
SSM/I and AMSR-E Daily Polar Brightness Temperatures
National Snow and Ice Data Center
A new data set is available at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
(NSIDC), called the Enhanced-Resolution Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
(SSM/I) and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing
System (AMSR-E) Daily Polar Brightness Temperatures.
Brightness temperatures obtained by the SSM/I and AMSR-E instruments
were enhanced using the Scatterometer Image Reconstruction (SIR)
algorithm, and are provided in three equal-area spatial coverages:
northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere, and full global. Daily SSM/I
images are available from 1995 through 2008, and twice-daily AMSR-E
images are available from 2002 through 2009.
For documentation and access to the data, please go to:
http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0464.html.
- September 2011 Issue of the Journal ARCTIC Available
Volume 64, Number 3
Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) announces publication of
the September 2011 issue of the journal ARCTIC, Volume 64, Number 3. A
non-profit membership organization and multidisciplinary research
institute of the University of Calgary, AINA's mandate is to advance the
study of the North American and circumpolar Arctic through the natural
and social sciences as well as the arts and humanities; and to acquire,
preserve, and disseminate information on physical, environmental, and
social conditions in the North. Created as a binational corporation in
1945, the Institute's United States Corporation is housed at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks.
For information on becoming an AINA member and receiving the journal,
please visit the Institute's website at: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/.
The following papers appear in the September 2011 issue of ARCTIC:
- Response of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) to Warming Climate at
Its Altitudinal Limit in Northernmost Subarctic Finland, by
Friedrich-Karl Holtmeier and Gabriele Broll
- Benthic Marine Fauna and Flora of Two Nearshore Coastal Locations
in the Western and Central Canadian Arctic by T.M. Brown, E.N.
Edinger, R.G. Hooper, and K. Belliveau
- Effects of an Arctic Fox Visit to a Low Arctic Seabird Colony, by
Chantelle M. Burke, April Hedd, William A. Montevecchi, and Paul M.
Regular
- Local Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Narwhal Presence in the
Canadian Arctic: A Pilot Project, by Marianne Marcoux, Marie
Auger-Methe, Elly G. Chmelnitsky, Steven H. Ferguson, and Murray M.
Humphries
- Response of Recent Benthic Foraminiferal Assemblages to
Contrasting Environments in Baffin Bay and the Northern Labrador
Sea, Northwest Atlantic, by Claudia J. Schroder-Adams and Deanne
Van Rooyen
- Computer-Assisted Photo-Identification of Narwhals, by Marie
Auger-Methe, Marianne Marcoux, and Hal Whitehead
- The Role of Lichens, Reindeer, and Climate in Ecosystem Change on
a Bering Sea Island, by David R. Klein and Martha Shulski
- Monitoring the Domestic Harvest of Migratory Birds in Nunatsiavut,
Labrador, by David C. Natcher, Larry Felt, Keith Chaulk, Andrea
Procter, and the Nunatsiavut Government
- Persistence at the Tree Line: Old Trees as Opportunists, by Andrew
J. Trant, Ryan G. Jameson, and Luise Hermanutz
- Half a Century of Measurements of Glaciers on Axel Heiberg Island,
Nunavut, Canada, by J.G. Cogley, W.P. Adams, and M.A. Ecclestone
The September 2011 issue also contains six book reviews and obituaries
for Willi Dansgaard (1922-2011), written by Chester C. Langway, Jr.; and
Edward Timothy Tozer (1928-2010), written by Thomas Frisch. Several
authors collaborated to produce the September InfoNorth essay, entitled
"Environmental Change and Potential Impacts: Applied Research Priorities
for Alaska's North Slope."
For information on becoming an AINA member and receiving the journal,
please visit the Institute's website at: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/.