Centres Engaged in Polar Meteorological Research
Australia
Antarctic Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), University of Tasmania
Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne - Modelling the Antarctic climate
Denmark
Department of Geophysics, University of Copenhagen - Polar lows
France
CNRM - Boundary layer studies in the Antarctic
Germany
Alfred Wegener Institute - Boundary layer studies, sea ice
Japan
The National Institute of Polar Research
Norway
Russia
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Sweden
Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) - Satellite studies, modelling
United Kingdom
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge
Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading - Dynamical meteorology, polar
lows
United States of America
Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University - Boundary layer, numerical
modelling, katabatic winds
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory - Aerosols and
precipitation
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), Univ. of
Colorado - polar climate, satellite studies
Geophysical Institute, Univ of Alaska-Fairbanks - Boundary layer
University of Washington, Dept of Atmospheric Sciences - Polar clouds, radiation
University of Washington, Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Lab - Polar climatology,
sea ice, remote sensing
University of Wisconsin-Madison - Automatic weather stations,
polar climatology
Department of Meteorology, Naval Postgraduate School
International Programmes
Antarctic First Regional Observing Study of the Troposphere (FROST)
project
Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP)
Climate and Cryopspere Project (CLIC)
Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA)
World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
Educational Initiative
Last updated 26 June 2007
Tom Lachlan-Cope: tlc@bas.ac.uk