PAN-EURASIAN EXPERIMENT (PEEX) PROGRAM: AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST 5 YEARS IN OPERATION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

• Main Authors: Hanna K. Lappalainen, Nuria Altimir, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Tuukka Petäjä, Risto Makkonen, Pavel Alekseychik, Nina Zaitseva, Irina Bashmakova, Joni Kujansuu, Antti Lauri, Päivi Haapanala, Stephany B. Mazon, Alla Borisova, Pavel Konstantinov, Sergej Chalov, Tuomas Laurila, Eija Asmi, Heikki Lihavainen, Jaana Bäck, Michael Arshinov, Alexander Mahura, Steven Arnold, Timo Vihma, Petteri Uotila, Gerrit de Leeuw, Ilmo Kukkonen, Svetlana Malkhazova, Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Irina Fedorova, Hans Christian Hansson, Sergey Dobrolyubov, Vladimir Melnikov, Gennady Matvienko, Alexander Baklanov, Yrjö Viisanen, Nikolay Kasimov, Huadong Guo, Valery Bondur, Sergej Zilitinkevich, Markku Kulmala
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lomonosov Moscow State University 2018-03-01
• Series: Geography, Environment, Sustainability
• Subjects: multidisciplinary approach; multiscale research; global grand challenges; arctic-boreal environment; observation networks; modelling platform; land-atmosphere interactions; the arctic ocean
• Online Access: https://ges.rgo.ru/jour/article/view/377

The Pan-Eurasian Experiment (PEEX) program was initiated as a bottom-up approach by the researchers coming fromFinlandandRussiain October 2012. The PEEX China kick off meeting was held in November 2013. During its five years in operation, the program has established a governance structure and delivered a science plan for the Northern Eurasian region. PEEX has also introduced a concept design for a modelling platform and ground-based in situ observation systems for detecting land-atmosphere and ocean-atmosphere interactions. Today, PEEX has an extensive researcher’s network representing research communities coming from the Nordic countries,RussiaandChina. PEEX is currently carrying out its research activities on a project basis, but is looking for more coordinated funding bases, especially inRussiaand inChina. The near-future challenge in implementing the PEEX research agenda is to achieve a successful integration and identification of the methodological approaches of the socio-economic research to environmental sciences. Here we give insight into these issues and provide an overview on the main tasks for the upcoming years.