IPY 2007-2008

EXPRESSIONS OF INTENT EXERCISE

Around 600 Ideas for IPY activities were submitted in the firsthalf of 2004 and these helped shape the development of an Outline Science Plan and later the “Framework for IPY 2007-2008”

It was recognised by the IPY Planning Group that logistics operatorsneeded information as soon as possible on those IPY projects requiring substantial logistic support

This prompted a Call for Expressions of Interest made in Oct 2004with a deadline of Jan 14, 2005

The task of the Planning Group (and its successor the Joint Committee)is to encourage development of IPY activities that meet IPY criteria. It is not intended that the JC critically assess the science (the task offunding agencies) or that it tell the community what science to do. Itencourages, advises and supports the establishment of IPY projects.

An online submission facility was developed on the IPY website to bring standardisation to submissions.

A Word document template was also created to allow groups a convenient means of exchanging draft EoI’s before the finalised document was submitted online.

For those having problems submitting online the Word document could be submitted via email.

It was anticipated that the community would submit as many as 400 proposals but it was recognised that some of the community would want to get early consideration of their proposal.

In the event we have received 869 EoI’s to date from 35 countriesOver 1000 submissions were made but a number of these were repeats which were then removed from the database.

Argentina 4 Denmark 44 Japan 28 South Africa 2

Australia 16 Egypt 1 Korea 3 Spain 8

Austria 3 Finland 11 Malaysia 4 Sweden 16

Belgium 10 France 14 Netherlands 17 Switzerland 1

Brazil 3 Germany 45 New Zealand 1 UK 58

Canada 175 Greenland 4 Norway 54 Ukraine 7

Chile 4 Iceland 2 Poland 26 USA 184

China 4 India 1 Portugal 2 Uruguay 1

Czech Rep 1 Italy 39 Russia 51

Lead Country Breakdown

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Distribution of EoI’s between Poles

Distribution of EoI’s in relation to Science Discipline

Biological Sciences 169Geological Sciences 102Cryospheric Sciences 135Meteorology/Climate 108Space Physics 58Remote Sensing 9Human Studies 104

Data Management 18Education/Outreach 52Legacy Activities 9

Distribution of EoI’s in relationto Specific Programmes

CASO (Southern Ocean) 21iAOOS (Arctic Ocean) 19CLIVAR 33Marine ecosystems 75Biodiversity 73

CliC 65Int. Permafrost Assoc. 17WAIS 11

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