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The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project

The CliC Project was established in March 2000 by the World Climate Research Programme ( WCRP )to stimulate, support, and coordinate research into the processes by which the cryosphere interacts with the rest of the climate system. The cryosphere consists of the frozen portions of the globe, and includes ice sheets, glaciers, ice caps, icebergs, sea ice, snow cover and snowfall, permafrost and seasonally frozen ground, as well as lake- and river-ice. As a sensitive component of the climate system, the cryosphere may provide key indicators of climate change, and CliC will focus on identifying patterns and rates of change in cryospheric parameters. In 2004, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR),became a co-sponsor of the project.

CliC-prosjektet ble etablert i mars 2000 av Verdens Klima Forsknings Program (WCRP) for å stimulere, støtte og koordinere forskning rundt prosessene som påvirker måten kryosfæren interakterer med resten av klima-systemet. Kryosfæren består av de frosne delene av kloden, og inkluderer isflak, isbreer, iskapper, isberg, havis, snødekke og snøfall, permafrost og sesonmessig frossen grunn såvel som vann og elveis. Som en følsom komponent i klimasystemet kan kryosfærens komponenter fungere som nøkkelindikatorer på klimaforandringer, og CliC fokuserer på å identifisere mønstre og forandringsrater i kryosfæreparametre.

As a sensitive component of the climate system, the cryosphere may provide key indicators of climate change, and CliC will focus on identifying patterns and rates of change in cryospheric parameters. In 2004, the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR),became a co-sponsor of the project.

CliC-secretariat is located at the Norwegian Polar Institute and has their own website.
Visiting adress: Polarmiljøsenteret 9296 Tromsø
 

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