Arctic Environmental Information Website

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Arctic Environmental Information Website

Providing the latest research results, knowledge, and news on the Arctic collected across the world, as well as integrated and comprehensive information updated on the legal policies and economic trends related to the Arctic to a wide range of stakeholders

Arctic Sea Ice Information Center

Providing sea ice forecast and related information
For more precise understanding of present and future Arctic Sea Ice

ArCS II -Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II-
NEWS

Arctic News and Events

Latest Arctic news and event information
(Topics are automatically collected by with the keyword “arctic”.)

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TOPICS

Columns on Arctic Topics

Columns and commentary on Arctic topics by experts

Columns on Arctic topics
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Briefing Comments on IPCC AR6 SPM

— Messages from IPCC AR6 SPM …

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Columns on Arctic topics
Dr. Syukuro Manabe, Who Demonstrated “Arctic Amplification,” Was Deservingly Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Dr. Syukuro Manabe, who demon…

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Columns on Arctic topics
Japanese Language Version of AMAP Summary for Policy-makers Is Released

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DATA

Arctic Weather and Environmental Data

The Arctic region is where the impact of global warming is most evident. Not only decrease of the sea ice extent in the Arctic Ocean, but also various changes of the atmosphere, oceans, snow and ice, and land are taking place. Meteorological and environmental data in the Arctic plays a very important role in understanding the environmental changes in the Arctic region.
Let's explore the Arctic environmental changes through various data here.

SIGMA-B Automatic Weather Station

SIGMA-B Automatic Weather Station (AWS)

The SIGMA-B Automatic Weather Station (AWS) Data Graph provides a variety of real-time data, including air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, up and down shortwave radiation, up and down longwave radiation, surface air pressure, snow height, snow temperature, and more. The SIGMA-B site is located on Qaanaaq ice cap at northwest Greenland (77°31’N, 69°04’W, 950 m a.s.l). This AWS is maintained and operated by SIGMA Project (PI: Teruo Aoki, National Institute of Polar Research).

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AM2S
Sea Ice Distribution, Sea Surface Temperature, and Snow Depth

The Earth Observation Satellite "SHIZUKU" of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now providing semi-real time observation data of sea ice distribution, sea surface temperature and snow depth in the Arctic.

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Arctic Sea Ice Extent
Arctic Sea Ice Extent

The extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean changes during the year, reaching its maximum around late February to early March and its minimum around mid-September each year. The sea ice extent is steadily decreasing because of global warming.

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Dagik Earth
A Digital Globe, "Dagik Earth"

On a digital globe, you can see the sea ice extent, sea surface temperature, snow depth, predicted changes in temperature and sea ice, and the surface temperature and concentration of black carbon. You can see them not only in the Arctic, but in other parts of the world as well.

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EDUCATION / OUTREACH

Education and Outreach

Information on education and outreach activities is delivered online

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Update

Aug 1, 2022
ArCS II News Letter No.5 more
May 13, 2022
Activity Map of ArCS II Project - WEB version - more

International Arctic Policies
and Research Organizations
(Japanese Site Only)

Worldwide Arctic policy documents are archived.

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History of the Arctic Research
(in preparation)

A brief history of the Arctic research activities in Japan and overseas are archived.