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The Organisation of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) (December 2014)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
DELEGATES
SECRETARIAT
Standing Scientific Groups
GeoSciences
PAIS
SERCE
Life Sciences
AntEco
AnT-ERA
ADMAP
ANTPAS
GIANT
GRAPE *1
IBCSO
Volcanism
EG-ABI
EG-BAMM
EG-CPR
JEGHBM *3
SCAR Development Council
Standing Committee on
Antarctic Data Management
CGG
GeoMapping
Standing Committee on
Antarctic Geographic Information
Standing Committee on the
Antarctic Treaty System
Acidification *1
ANTOS
ISSA
Remote
Sensing *1
Standing Committee on Finance
Capacity Building, Education
and Training Advisory Group
Physical Sciences
AAA
AntClim21 *2
ASPeCt
GRAPE *1
IPICS
ISMASS *4
OpMet
ACA
Acidification *1
PACT
Remote
Sensing *1
SERAnt
SnowAnt
Humanities
ACCE Advisory Group
(Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment)
Southern Ocean Observing System
Scientific Steering Committee *5
Southern Ocean CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR
Implementation Panel
ICED (Integrating Climate and
Ecosystem Dynamics) *6
HASSEG
History
*1 jointly sponsored by SSGs
*2 incorporates ITASE
*3 joint group with COMNAP
*4 co-sponsored with IASC and CliC
*5 joint initiative with SCOR & others
*6 SCOR, IGBP and SCAR
Scientific Research
Programme Group
Expert Group
Action Group
Standing Committee
Advisory Group
Joint initiative with
other organisations
Acronym Definitions
AAA
ACA
ACCE
Acidification
ADMAP
AntClim21
AntEco
AnT-ERA
ANTOS
ANTPAS
ASPeCt
CGG
EG-ABI
EG-BAMM
EG-CPR
GeoMapping
GIANT
GRAPE
GWSWF
HASSEG
History
IBCSO
ICED
IPICS
ISMASS
ISSA
ITASE
JEGHBM
OpMet
PACT
PAIS
PCPBEA
Remote Sensing
SERAnt
SERCE
SnowAnt
Volcanism
Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica
Antarctic Clouds and Aerosols
Antarctic Climate Change and the Environment Advisory Group (incorporates PCPBEA)
Southern Ocean Acidification
Antarctic Digital Magnetic Anomaly Project
Antarctic Climate Change in the 21st Century (incorporates ITASE)
State of the Antarctic Ecosystem
Antarctic Thresholds – Ecosystem Resilience and Adaptation
Antarctic Near-shore and Terrestrial Observing System
Antarctic Permafrost, Soils and Periglacial Environments
Antarctic Sea Ice Processes and Climate
Connecting Geophysics with Geology
(Expert Group on) Antarctic Biodiversity Informatics (incorporates AntaBIF and MarBIN)
(Expert Group on) Birds and Marine Mammals
(Expert Group on) the Continuous Plankton Recorder
Geological Mapping Update of Antarctica
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)
Humanities and Social Sciences Expert Group
History Expert Group
International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean
Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean
International Partnership in Ice Core Sciences (supported by PAGES and IACS)
Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Sea Level (co-sponsored by IASC and CliC)
Integrated Science for the Sub-Antarctic
International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (now part of AntClim21)
Joint Expert Group on Human Biology and Medicine (joint Expert Group with COMNAP)
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
Sun-Earth Relationships and Antarctica
Solid Earth Response and influence on Cryosphere Evolution
Snow in Antarctica
Antarctic Volcanism
Partner organisations:
CliC
Climate and Cryosphere Project of the WCRP (World Climate Research Programme)
CLIVAR
Climate and Ocean – Variability, Predictability and Change
COMNAP
Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs
IACS
International Association of Cryospheric Sciences
IASC
International Arctic Science Committee
IGBP
International Geosphere/Biosphere Programme
PAGES
Past Global Changes
SCOR
Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research