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POLAR VIEW
type: Concept
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definition: Short Title: Polar View Project URL: http://www.polarview.org/ Proposal URL: http://classic.ipy.org/development/eoi/proposal-details.php?id=372 The proposed activity will build on the Polar View network and infrastructure to develop a single point of access to ice-related information for IPY investigators. Polar View is an international consortium of members from government, industry and academia that have formed a strategic partnership to effect the operational monitoring of polar environments using Earth Observation (EO) technologies. Satellite monitoring is a powerful tool for polar monitoring. It is the only operational method to provide information over large and often inaccessible areas in a cost-effective manner. EO-derived information can support monitoring and analysis related to sustainable development (e.g. transportation, resource exploration, site remediation, bio-productivity monitoring), the environment (e.g. climate change, pollution, animal populations and habitats), and public safety (e.g. activity monitoring, disaster management, search and rescue). It is planned to provide expert control of the remotely sensed information collaboratively with responsible ice services on the basis of routine ice charts, in particular for areas experiencing higher probability for ambiguous interpretation, such as Antarctica, areas during melt season and the fast ice zone. Funded under the European Space Agency (ESA)/European Commission Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) initiative, Polar View brings together service providers, researchers and most of the world's national ice services to provide operational information services related to polar environments to international, national and local stakeholders worldwide. Polar View maintains close links with the JCOMM Expert Team on Sea Ice, the International Ice Charting Working Group, and the European and Canadian Space Agencies to support its operations. A dedicated web portal will be developed to …