Completed projects

ARC-FRESH

The overall objective of the "Arctic Freshwater Budget" project is to advance the current state of knowledge on the freshwater fluxes and freshwater budget in the Arctic Ocean, maximizing the use of Earth Observation-derived ECV datasets generated in the Climate Change Initiative program of the European Space Agency.

COASTALDYN

The project addresses key scientific and observational challenges in understanding coastal ocean dynamics. The project "Coastal Dynamics Land-Ocean" aims combine data from the growing European Earth Observation satellite fleet, particularly Sentinel missions, combined with in-situ observations and advanced algorithms and AI techniques, to develop high-resolution, multi-mission products describing coastal dynamics, e.g., sea level, currents, wind, and waves.

ARCA

The project "Biocultural Heritage in Arctic Cities" brings together a diverse team of experts—from climate scientists and social anthropologists to artists and Indigenous communities—to explore how biocultural heritage can be a powerful tool for climate adaptation in Arctic cities. By combining traditional knowledge with modern scientific methods, the project aims to create sustainable, culturally sensitive solutions for addressing the rapid climate changes in cities like Anchorage, Kirkenes, Tromsø, and Fairbanks. The goal is to bridge the gap between science and Indigenous wisdom, ensuring a holistic approach to preserving the environment while fostering resilience in these communities.  

ARCFISH

The project “Digital Twin of the Ocean for Arctic Fisheries” is a Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership (SBEP) project that will develop a pilot Digital Twin of the Ocean (DTO) Platform delivering new data products and services in support of sustainable Arctic Fisheries. These data products and services will be co-designed with stakeholders in the fisheries sector to create products such as ecosystem indices that can be applied in fisheries planning and management.

COMBINED

Both the Arctic and the Tibetan Plateau have been warming three times faster than the rest of the world. The causes are being researched in the project "Accelerated Arctic and Tibetan Plateau warming: processes and combined impact on Eurasian climate" and the findings will be used to improve calculation methods for the Eurasian climate.

4SICE

Human activities in the Arctic such as transport or tourism can only take place in a safe way with good forecasts for sea ice, both for months and seasons in advance. These forecasts need improvement. The project "Towards skillful subseasonal-to-seasonal sea ice prediction" aims to improve one of our sea-ice models and use new information from the Arctic to be able to produce better sea-ice forecasts for these periods.

MAPARC

The project "Mechanism and prediction of the new Arctic climate system" aims to create a better understanding of what leads to climate change in the Arctic. At the same time, research will be conducted into how the new climate in the region can be predicted better with improved calculation methods.

SASIP

In the "Scale-Aware Sea Ice Project", a new way of modeling sea ice is being developed. Producing high-resolution and large-scale predictions of sea ice will lead to a better understanding of how increased warming affects polar regions. This project is supported by Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative founded by Eric and Wendy Schmidt that bets early on exceptional people making the world better, particularly through innovative breakthroughs in science and technology. It is a project of Schmidt Futures' Virtual Earth System Research Institute (VESRI).

C3S2

There is a large database for climate data all over the world that is part of the EU's Earth observation system Copernicus. In the project "Tender C3S2_520 for Quality Assurance for Datasets in the Climate Data Store", the data is quality assured to ensure that it is reliable.

ACCIBERG

The presence of sea ice and icebergs in the Arctic Ocean presents challenges for shipping, fisheries and tourism. Rising temperatures lead to increased ship traffic in the area. The project "Arctic Cross-Copernicus forecast products for sea ice and icebergs" aims to create precise warnings about the spread of sea ice and icebergs, both in the near future and through seasonal forecasts. The research will contribute to safer navigation in the Arctic.