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The list below details the various datasets used within the Arctic Risk Platform and their license/citations.
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EM-DAT: The Emergency Events Database – Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) – CRED, D. Guha-Sapir – www.emdat.be, Brussels, Belgium.
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Fetterer, F., K. Knowles, W. N. Meier, M. Savoie, and A. K. Windnagel. 2017, updated daily. Sea Ice Index, Version 3. Daily Arctic Sea Ice Extent based on N_seaice_extent_daily_v3.0.csv . Boulder, Colorado USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.7265/N5K072F8.
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Tschudi, M., W. N. Meier, and J. S. Stewart. 2019. Quicklook Arctic Weekly EASE-Grid Sea Ice Age, Version 1. NetCDF4 files to get overall trends. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/2XXGZY3DUGNQ .
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Tschudi, M., W. N. Meier, J. S. Stewart, C. Fowler, and J. Maslanik. 2019. EASE-Grid Sea Ice Age, Version 4. NetCDF4 files to get the overall trends. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/UTAV7490FEPB.
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Fyfe, J.; Fox-Kemper, B.; Kopp, R.; Garner, G. (2021): Data for Figure SPM.8 (v20210809) – Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 09 August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/98af2184e13e4b91893ab72f301790db
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Greenland Ice Sheet Today is produced at the National Snow and Ice Data Center by Ted Scambos, Julienne Stroeve, and Lora Koenig with support from NASA. NSIDC thanks Jason Box, Xavier Fettweis, and Thomas Mote for data and collaboration
Mote, Thomas L. and Mark R. Anderson. 1995. Variations in snowpack melt on the Greenland ice sheet based on passive microwave measurements. J. Glac. 41(137): 51-60.
Additional references:
Mote, Thomas L. 2007. Greenland surface melt trends 1973-2007: Evidence of a large increase in 2007. Geophysical Research Letters 34, L22507. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2007GL031976.
Mote, T. L. 2014. MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0, Version 1. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. doi: https://doi.org/10.5067/MEASURES/CRYOSPHERE/nsidc-0533.001.
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Mankoff, Ken; Fettweis, Xavier; Solgaard, Anne; Langen, Peter; Stendel, Martin; Noël, Brice; van den Broeke, Michiel R.; Karlsson, Nanna; Box, Jason E.; Kjeldsen, Kristian, 2021, “Greenland ice sheet mass balance from 1840 through next week”, https://doi.org/10.22008/FK2/OHI23Z, GEUS Dataverse
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Van As, D., Hasholt, B., Ahlstrøm, A. P., Box, J. E., Cappelen, J., Colgan, W., Fausto, R.S., Mernild, S.H., Mikkelsen, A.P., Noël, B.P.Y., Petersen, D., van den Broeke, M. R. (2019). Programme for monitoring of the Greenland ice sheet (PROMICE): Watson river discharge. Version: v01, Dataset published via Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland. https://doi.org/10.22008/promice/data/watson_river_discharge.
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Beckley, B.; Yang, X.; Zelensky, N.P.; Holmes, S.A.;Lemoine, F.G.; Ray, R.D.; Mitchum, G.T.; Desai, S.; Brown, S.T.. 2021. Global Mean Sea Level Trend from Integrated Multi-Mission Ocean Altimeters TOPEX/Poseidon, Jason-1, OSTM/Jason-2, and Jason-3 Version 5.0. Ver. 5. PO.DAAC, CA, USA. Dataset accessed at https://doi.org/10.5067/GMSLM-TJ150
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Fyfe, J.; Fox-Kemper, B.; Kopp, R.; Garner, G. (2021): Data for Figure SPM.8 (v20210809) – Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 09 August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/98af2184e13e4b91893ab72f301790db
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CAMS Global Fire Assimilation System. Generated using Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service Information [2022]
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Hersbach, H., Bell, B., Berrisford, P., Biavati, G., Horányi, A., Muñoz Sabater, J., Nicolas, J., Peubey, C., Radu, R., Rozum, I., Schepers, D., Simmons, A., Soci, C., Dee, D., Thépaut, J-N. (2018): ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1959 to present. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS). , 10.24381/cds.adbb2d47
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Fyfe, J.; Fox-Kemper, B.; Kopp, R.; Garner, G. (2021): Data for Figure SPM.8 (v20210809) – Summary for Policymakers of the Working Group I Contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 09 August 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/98af2184e13e4b91893ab72f301790db
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The following gauges show up-to-date data regarding key indicators in the Arctic. These indicators clearly point to the crisis at hand.