About the Report Card

The Arctic Report Card 2007 is introduced as a means of presenting clear, reliable and concise information on recent observations of environmental conditions in the Arctic, relative to historical time series records. It provides a method of updating and expanding the content of the State of the Arctic Report, published in fall 2006, to reflect current conditions.

Material presented in the Report Card is prepared by an international team of scientists and is peer-reviewed by topical experts nominated by the US Polar Research Board. The audience for the Arctic Report Card is wide, including scientists, students, teachers, decision makers and the general public interested in Arctic environment and science. The web-based format will facilitate future timely updates of the content.

Citation

J. Richter-Menge, J. Overland, E. Hanna, M.J.J.E. Loonen, A. Proshutinsky, V. Romanovsky, D. Russell, R. Van Bogaert, R. Armstrong, L. Bengtsson, J. Box, T.V. Callaghan, M. De Dapper, B. Ebbinge,O. Grau, M. Hallinger, L.D. Hinzman, P. Huybrechts, G.J. Jia, C. Jonasson, J. Morison, S. Nghiem, N. Oberman, D. Perovich, R. Przybylak, I. Rigor, A. Shiklomanov, D. Walker, J. Walsh, and C. Zöckler (2007). Arctic Report Card 2007, http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard.

Credits

Support provided by the NOAA Climate Program Office and Arctic Research Program. The Atmosphere image is from NOAA's North Pole Web Cam, the Sea Ice photograph is provided courtesy of Jeremy Harbeck, the Biology photograph of snow geese is from Saskatchewan Schools, Canada, the Ocean photograph of oceanographic instrumentation is from the NOAA Ocean Explorer program, the Greenland image is from NASA/SVS, and the Land/Permafrost photograph is from Vladimir E. Romanovsky. Jackie Richter-Menge is the chief editor. The web page has been coordinated and developed by James E. Overland, Nancy N. Soreide, and Tracey Nakamura.

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