Polar Prediction Project Societal and Economic Research Application (PPP-SERA)
Purpose
The PPP Societal and Economic Research and Applications (SERA) task team contributes social sciences expertise and operational know-how to the Polar Prediction Project. The PPP-SERA task team’s research focuses to the needs for, and the use of, environmental information, which includes the study of decision-making processes by a diverse range of actors in the Polar Regions. Furthermore, PPP-SERA team members and contributors intend to examine pathways, methods and challenges in relation to how polar weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information is communicated between providers and users. Hereby, the PPP-SERA task team complements the observation and modelling efforts of YOPP and aims at improving our understanding of user and provider needs, perspectives, values and behaviour.
Goals
The PPP-SERA task team aims to undertake a thorough assessment of the state of knowledge in relation to the use of weather, water, ice and climate (WWIC) information in the Polar Regions, outlining important gaps in our knowledge and calling for action to address these gaps.
The PPP-SERA task team intends to run a series of Weather and Society workshops with the goal of stimulating dialogue between environmental forecasters, researchers and end-users, understanding the role and relevance of WWIC services in decision-making of diverse end-user groups operating in the Polar Regions, and engaging users and providers regarding on how best to tailor and co-produce WWIC services.
Members and Contact
Member |
Organization and Address |
Jorge Carrasco |
Associate Researcher Universidad de Magallanes Bulnes 01855, Punta Arenas, Chile +56 99 534 5150 Jorge.carrasco@umag.cl |
Julia Chasco (WMO SERA representative) |
Head of Meteorology and Society Department Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de Argentina Av. Dorrego 4019, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina +54(011)5167-6767 (int) 18819 jchasco@smn.gov.ar |
Jackie Dawson |
Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society and Policy & Assistant Professor Department of Geography, University of Ottawa 60 University Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5 +1 613 562-5800 ext. 1051 jackie.dawson@uottawa.ca |
Anders Doksaeter Sivle |
Researcher Norwegian Meteorological Service Allégaten 70 Postboks 7800 5020 Bergen, Norway +47 55236611 anders.sivle@met.no |
Victoria Heinrich |
PhD Candidate School of Psychological Sciences College of Health and Medicine University of Tasmania Private Bag 30 Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005 vicki.heinrich@utas.edu.au |
Jelmer Jeuring |
Researcher Norwegian Meteorological Institute Allégaten 70 5007 Bergen, Norway +47 94018709 jelmer.jeuring@met.no |
Machiel Lamers (co-chair) |
Associate Professor Wageningen University Hollandseweg 1 6706KN Wageningen, The Netherlands +31 (0)317484274 machiel.lamers@wur.nl |
Daniela Liggett (co-chair) |
Senior Lecturer University of Canterbury & Gateway Antarctica Private Bag 4800, Christchurch 8020, New Zealand +64 3 364 2987 ext. 6367 daniela.liggett@canterbury.ac.nz |
Gita Ljubicic |
Associate Professor School of Geography & Earth Sciences McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1 +1 (905) 525-9140 ext. 23517 gita.ljubicic@mcmaster.ca |
Emma Stewart |
Associate Professor Faculty of Environment, Society & Design Lincoln University Lincoln 7647, Canterbury, New Zealand +64 3 423 0500 Emma.Stewart@Lincoln.ac.nz |
Rick Thoman |
Climate Specialist Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska +1 (907) 474-2415 rthoman@alaska.edu |
Thomas Viguier |
Arctic Researcher Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN) Borgum, 600 Akureyri, Iceland thomas@arcticiceland.is |
Kirstin Werner (ICO representative) |
WMO-WWRP-PPP International Coordination Office Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Bussestrasse 24, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany +49 471 4831-2906 kirstin.werner@awi.de |
Yulia Zaika |
Research Assistant The Faculty of Geography Lomonosov Moscow State University ul.Zheleznodorozhnaya 6-46 184250 Kirovsk Russia yzaika@inbox.ru
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Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences Fersman str., 14 Apatity, 184209 Murmanks region, Russia |
Documentation
- PPP-SERA sub-committee meeting #4, 16-20 April 2018, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Final report.
- Navigating Weather, Water, Ice and Climate Information for Safe Polar Mobilities, Version 1.0, October 2017.
- PPP-SERA sub-committee meeting #3, 5-9 April 2017, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, Final report.
- PPP-SERA sub-committee meeting #2, 18-22 April 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, Meeting report published in BAMS.
- PPP-SERA sub-committee meeting #2, 18-22 April 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, Final report.
- 1st WWRP-PPP-SERA Meeting, 12-13 March 2015, Ottawa, Final report.
PPP-SERA Mailing List
To facilitate communication within the PPP-SEAR community, a mailing list has been set up. News that are relevant to the PPP-SERA community will be spread via ppp-sera-community@listserv.dfn.de. To subscribe/unsubscribe, please send an e-mail to office@polarprediction.net.
The PPP-SERA task team can be contacted at ppp-sera-group@listserv.dfn.de.