Living on Frozen Ground as concept for a Shared Arctic Variable

Heikki Lihavainen1, Anna M. Irrgang2, Ilkka Matero1, Jan René Larsen3, Heidï Sevestre4, Mikko Strahlendorff5, Maribeth S Murray6, Sandra Starkweather7 and Michael J Karcher8, (1)Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System-Knowledge Centre (SIOS-KC), Longyearbyen, Norway, (2)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, (3)Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks, Tromsø, Norway, (4)Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program, Tromsø, Norway, (5)Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland, (6)University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, (7)NOAA Boulder, PSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (8)Alfred-Wegener-Inst Polar, Bremerhaven, Germany