INTERACT’s Station Managers’ Forum has published a deliverable report on metadata standards for scientific networks.
Research stations are knowledge hubs and play a vital role for observing, understanding and responding to ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More change. INTERACT promotes implementation of standardised measurements across the INTERACT station network with the aim of contributing to more robust assessments. Relevant information about existing scientific organisations, networks, programmes and projects are therefore paramount for the ability of INTERACT station managers and staff to assess the feasibility of implementing standardised protocols developed by these organisations, networks, programmes and projects.
INTERACT III therefore included a task to identify and promote standardised information about scientific organisations, programmes and projects and networks. INTERACT III began in 2020, and soon hereafter the Sustained ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More Observing Network (SAON) under the ArcticDefinitions of the Arctic vary according to environmental, geographical, political, cultural and scientific perspectives. Some scientists define the Arctic as areas having a high latitude, long winters, short, cool summers,... More Council, established the Polar Observing Assets working group (POAwg) that should develop a Registry of Polar Observing Networks (RoPON). It was therefore decided that INTERACT would work with
POAwg to develop such a registry based on standardised information about scientific organisations, networks, programmes and projects (including the standards developed by INTERACT).
This and all other deliverable reports can be found under Deliverables.
