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Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP) coordinated observing period (2017–2019)

2012 - 2024

12 entries

US National Science Foundation Arctic Research Program development and funding cycles (1980–present)

1984 - 2025

16 entries

Southern Ocean Observing System expeditions and observing network (2009–present)

2009 - 2026

15 entries

Palmer Station Long-Term Ecological Research (PAL-LTER) in Antarctica (1990–present)

1968 - 2023

13 entries

Ny-Ålesund international research hub and campaigns (1990–present)

1990 - 2025

17 entries

MOSAiC expedition: Multidisciplinary drifting observatory for Arctic climate (2019–2020)

2019 - 2020

14 entries

Microwave remote sensing of polar sea ice (SMOS, SMAP and follow-ons) (2010–present)

2009 - 2029

12 entries

McMurdo Station scientific programs and expeditions (1956–present)

1955 - 2019

12 entries

International Polar Year 2007–2008 research campaigns

2004 - 2010

14 entries

International Geophysical Year polar programs (1957–1958)

1952 - 1959

16 entries

International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP) operations and deployments (1979–present)

1974 - 2026

12 entries

ICESat and ICESat-2 polar ice altimetry missions (2003–present)

2003 - 2025

14 entries
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