About the 2011 Report Card
November 10, 2011
Issued annually since 2006, the Arctic Report Card (hereafter the Report Card) is a timely source for clear, reliable and concise environmental information on the current state of the Arctic relative to historical time records. The Report Card is intended for a wide audience, including scientists, teachers, students, decision-makers and the general public interested in the Arctic environment and science.
The 2011 Report Card has a new look, with the content now organized into five sections: Atmosphere, Sea Ice & Ocean, Marine Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems, and Hydrology & Terrestrial Cryosphere. Also, most of the sections have essays on topics not covered in previous Report Cards, e.g., Carbon Dioxide & Methane, Ozone and UV Radiation, Ocean Primary Productivity, Ocean Acidification, Lake Ice, and River Biogeochemistry. Some of the essays are updates to articles in the Arctic chapter of the State of the Climate in 2010 report published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.
The material presented in this Report Card was prepared by an international team of 121 scientists from 14 different countries, assisted by section coordinators and the editorial team. The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP) of the Arctic Council Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group contributed material on biodiversity. Independent peer-review of the 2011 Report Card was organized by the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme of the Arctic Council.
The editorial team is:
Martin Jeffries, Office of Naval Research & University of Alaska Fairbanks
James Overland, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Jackie Richter-Menge, US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
The section coordinators are:
Mike Gill, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada & Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna/Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program
Marine Ecosystems, Terrestrial Ecosystems
Sue Moore, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology,
Marine Ecosystems Division
Marine Ecosystems
James Overland, NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Atmosphere
Andrey Proshutinsky, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Sea Ice & Ocean
Marco Tedesco, City College New York
Hydrology and Terrestrial Cryosphere
Skip Walker, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Terrestrial Ecosystems
Click to see essay Authors and Affiliations, a full list of References, and the reviewer's comments and responses.
How to cite the 2011 Arctic Report Card:
Citing the complete report:
Richter-Menge, J., M. O. Jeffries and J. E. Overland, Eds., 2011: Arctic Report Card 2011, http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard.
Citing an essay (example):
Derksen, C. and R. Brown, 2011: Snow [in Arctic Report Card 2011], http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/reportcard.
Acknowledgments:
Support for the Arctic Report Card is provided by the NOAA Climate Program Office through the Arctic Research Program. The Web site has been coordinated and developed by Nancy N. Soreide, Tracey Nakamura and James E. Overland of the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory.
