General Informations
Preface
- Introduction
- A Vision of European Collaboration in Polar Sciences
- The Science Plan Premises
- The Development of the Science Plan
Integration into Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Frameworks
- Europe and the Polar Regions
- Strategic issues
- European initiatives
- European Research Infrastructures related to AURORA BOREALIS
- The Arctic Council and the Regional Councils
- IASC and the Arctic Networks
- The SCAR scientific framework
- Substantial input to the planned International Polar Decade
- Progressing into the 5th International Polar Year
- The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
The Poles and Changes
- Polar amplification of current global climate change
- Rapid changes in the cryosphere (sea level, glacier/ice sheet dynamics)
- Polar impact on global ocean circulation
- Increasing Risk of natural hazards (landslides, gas hydrates dissociation, permafrost melting)
- Tele-connections to low latitudes climate (hydrological and hydrogeological changes)
- Irreversible changes in biodiversity and ecology; alteration of ocean living resources distribution
- Understanding past polar variability as basis for modelling future global changes
Technical Requirements for novel Science goals
Advanced Technology
- Technical Requirements for a Polar Research Vessel
- Hydro-acoustics, seismic and echo-sounding systems
- Sensors, networks and observatories
- Laboratories and integrated scientific workflow
Operational profiles for AURORA BOREALIS
- Drilling operations in ice
- Remotely operated vehicles and bottom and sub seafloor stations
- Operation of Autonomous Systems (AUV, UAV)
- Integrated data management, access and archives
