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The Organisation of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) (September 2013)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DELEGATES
SECRETARIAT
Standing Scientific Groups
Geo Sciences
PAIS
SERCE
Life Sciences
AntEco
AnT-ERA
Physical Sciences
AAA
AntClim21 *2
Humanities
*1 jointly sponsored
*2 incorporates ASPeCt and ITASE
*3 incorporates GWSWF
*4 incorporates PCPBEA
*5 co-sponsored with IASC
*6 joint initiative with SCOR & others
For Acronyms, see below
ADMAP
ANTPAS
ATHENA *1
GIANT
GRAPE *3
IBCSO
ABI
ATHENA *1
BAMM
CPR
HB&M
ICED *1
ATHENA *1
GRAPE *3
ICED *1
ICESTAR
IPICS
ISMASS *5
OpMet
History
Scientific Research
Programme Group
Expert Group
SCAR Development Council
CGG
GeoHeritage
Multibeam
Standing Committee on
Antarctic Data Management
Standing Committee on
Antarctic Geographic Information
Standing Committee on the
Antarctic Treaty System
Acidification *1
ECA
Remote Sensing *1
Standing Committee on Finance
Capacity Building, Education
and Training Advisory Group
ACA
Acidification *1
ECA
PACT
Remote Sensing *1
ACCE Advisory Group *4
(Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment)
Southern Ocean Observing System
Scientific Steering Committee *6
Social Sciences
Action Group
Standing Committee
Advisory Group
Joint initiative with
other organisations
Acronym Definitions
AAA
ABI
ACA
ACCE
Acidification
ADMAP
AGAFS
AntClim21
AntEco
AnT-ERA
ANTPAS
ASPeCt
ATHENA
BAMM
CGG
CPR
ECA
GeoHeritage
GIANT
GRAPE / WSWF
GWSWF
HB&M
IASC
IBCSO
ICED
ICESTAR
IPICS
ISMASS
ITASE
Multibeam
OpMet
PACT
PAIS
PCPBEA
Remote Sensing
SCOR
SERCE
SOOS
Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica
Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (incorporates AntaBIF and MarBIN)
Antarctic Clouds and Aerosols
Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment (incorporates PCPBEA)
Southern Ocean Acidification
Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project
Action Group on Antarctic Fuel Spills (now part of ECA)
Antarctic Climate Change in the 21st Century (incorporates ASPeCt and ITASE)
State of the Antarctic Ecosystem
Antarctic Thresholds – Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation
Antarctic Permafrost, Soils and Periglacial Environments
Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate (now part of AntClim21)
Advancing TecHnological and ENvironmental stewardship for subglacial exploration in Antarctica
Birds and Marine Mammals
Connecting Geophysics with Geology
Continuous Plankton Recorder
Environmental Contamination in Antarctica (incorporates AGAFS)
Geological Heritage and Conservation
Geodetic Infrastructure of Antarctica
GNSS Research and Application for Polar Environment and Weather and Space Weather Forecast (incorporates GWSWF)
GPS for Weather and Space Weather Forecasting (now part of GRAPE)
Human Biology and Medicine (joint Expert Group with COMNAP)
International Arctic Science Committee (partner organisation)
International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean
Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean
Inter-hemispheric Conjugacy Effects in Solar-Terrestrial and Aeronomy Research
International Partnership in Ice Core Sciences
Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level
International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (now part of AntClim21)
Multibeam Bathymetric Data Acquisition
Operational Meteorology in the Antarctic
Polar Atmospheric Chemistry at the Tropopause
Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics
Prediction of Changes in the Physical and Biological Environment of the Antarctic (now part of ACCE)
Remote Sensing methodology used to promote new research
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (partner organisation)
Solid Earth Response and influence on Cryosphere Evolution
Southern Ocean Observing System