Documents

Report on the side meeting of the GRAPE (Global Navigation Satellite System [GNSS] Research and Application for Polar Environment) Expert Group, held on 21 August 2016 at the Renaissance Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

In light of the cancellation of the SCAR Open Science Conference 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an online workshop was organized on topics related to the SCAR Expert Group GRAPE (GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Research and Application for Polar Environment) and to the newly-proposed Programme Planning Group (PPG) RESOURCE “Radio Sciences Research on AntarCtic AtmosphEre”.

The workshop took place on 1-3 July 2020, with around 70 colleagues from across the world participating during the three days, including several early-career researchers / students.

White Paper

Polar atmosphere and Geospace: Present knowledge, infrastructures and future research directions

The growing instrumentation infrastructure since the 2000’s in Antarctica and in the Arctic provides an opportunity for scientific research on the polar atmosphere and Geospace. Since 2012, the GRAPE Expert Group of SCAR has provided a unique international platform to exchange data and knowledge in this area. Now, the main challenges are to better understand the coupling between the neutral and the ionized layers of our atmosphere, and to be able to test the accuracy of the atmospheric correction given to end-users. Another challenge is to provide accurate monitoring of the integrated water vapor at polar latitudes, which is an essential parameter for meteorological monitoring and climate modelling. This SCAR White Paper details current infrastructures and knowledge and discusses their challenges and limitations and recommends key future directions in polar atmospheric research.

Course poster for the 2018 ISSS school on “The Polar Upper Atmosphere: from Science to Operational Issues”,

run by the International School of Space Science, L’Aquila, Italy, and co-sponsored by SCAR.

Selected papers by GRAPE members in journals and conference proceedings.