ESTABLISHING THE PAN-EURASIAN EXPERIMENT (PEEX) LAND-ATMOSPHERE IN SITU OBSERVATION NETWORK ACROSS THE NORTHERN EURASIAN ARCTIC-BOREAL REGIONS ‒ INTRODUCTION TO THE RUSSIAN STATIONS’ METADATA ENQUIRY

Abstract

Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) initiative (https://www.atm.helsinki.fi/peex/), initiated in 2012, is an international, multidisciplinary, multiscale program focused on solving interlinked global challenges influencing societies in the Northern Eurasian region and in China. As a part of the program, PEEX is aimed to establish an in situ observation network, which would cover environments from the Arctic coastal regions, tundra to boreal forests, from pristine to urban megacities. The PEEX network will be based on two components: (i) the existing stations activities and (ii) establishing new stations. The upgrading plans of the existing stations as well as the new stations will be based on a SMEAR (Stations for Measuring Earth surface ‒ Atmosphere Relations) concept. The development of the coordinated, comprehensive PEEX observation network is contributing to the sustainable development of the Northern Eurasian regions. It is aimed at providing quantified information on climate relevant variables for the research communities and for constructing services, such as early warning systems, for the society.

Keywords

• оbservation systems
• in situ observations
• early warning
• climate predictions
• land – atmosphere interactions
• atmospheric composition
• photosynthesis
• boreal forests
• Stations for Measuring Earth surface ‒ Atmosphere Relations
• SMEAR concept