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The main emphasis is on coordination of efforts and requirements, enhancing interoperability and user interfaces to existing facilities, as well as development of toolboxes for data documentation in order to reduce technical and governance obstacles. The infrastructure must provide online access to data and facilitate long term preservation, in order to maximise the benefit of public funds invested in the datasets. The intention is to link existing institutional and discipline specific systems to promote science regardless of geographical and institutional location.

Isfjorden is the largest fjord system in Svalbard, located in the dynamic transition zone between warm Atlantic and colder Arctic climate regimes. We will expand the existing time series on seasonal hydrography and plankton dynamics in ice-free Adventfjorden (since 2009) and seasonal ice covered Billefjorden (since 2001) with an observatory located in the mouth of Isfjorden close to Barentsburg and an observatory in the deep Karlskronadjupet, close to Longyearbyen.

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GeoAccessNO willl analyse the current status of geoscientific data management (both physical and digital dataset), software management and analysis tools, documentation of data and software, chaining of data and software and work flow management at a national and international level. It is exploring technologies and existing systems and frameworks in order to establish a demonstrator offering an integrated view on the elements listed above. Involvement of users is key to a successfull project, and GeoAccessNo will therefore facilitate two workshops.

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The Ocean and Sea Ice Thematic Assembly Centre (OSI TAC) as an integrated part of the Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMS) is operated by a consortium comprised of the partners that successfully delivered the OSI TAC service in the MyOcean, MyOcean2 and MyOceanFollow-On projects. The partnership has world-leading expertise in delivering operational services for the marine users, as well as in the associated product and system development.

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NMDC infrastructure aims to fill the lack of an integrated sys-tem for exchange of marine data in Norway between institutions, hampering operational, efficient and cutting edge marine science. The infrastructure will give a general overview of and access to available datasets, by using common data formats, modern technical infrastructure for data sharing, and the ab-sence of inter-institutional agreements.

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The main objective of SPICES project is to develop new methods to retrieve sea ice parameters from existing (and imminent) satellite sensors to provide enhanced products for polar operators and prediction systems, specifically addressing extreme and unexpected conditions. To meet this challenge, we have formed a consortium comprised of the best European researchers in sea ice remote sensing, operational sea-ice modelling, seasonal forecasting, and climate research.