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Focus Areas

Focus Area 1

Promoting National Security, Prosperity, & Welfare

Our data supports a range of scientific and policy-relevant activities:

  • Informs science-based Arctic decisions
  • Enables national security and resilience
  • Supports infrastructure and resource planning
  • Relates to hazards and disasters
Focus Area 2

Driving Technological Innovation

Our data drives technological innovation by:

  • Supporting AI-driven research
  • Enabling long-term reuse and discovery
  • Including high-quality metadata and machine-readable formats
  • Empowering advanced modeling and data visualization
Focus Area 3

Expanding Opportunities & Workforce Development

We work to expand opportunities by:

  • Ensuring our platform is openly accessible, no login required
  • Supporting education, data science training, and workforce development
  • Empowering researchers and non-researchers through interactive data portals
  • Encouraging collaboration across sectors

Recent Datasets

  • Atmospheric Science & Chemistry

    Atmospheric Science & Chemistry

    Danna and Temime-Roussel, 2026. Ambient particle number concentrations measured in downtown Fairbanks during winter 2022 to study wintertime pollution and chemistry

  • Plant Science & Ecology

    Plant Science & Ecology

    Kent, Trangmoe, and Lynoe, 2026. Ecological survey of thaw depth, soil organic layer thickness, plant functional types, and vegetation height near Council, Alaska in June, 2025.

  • Atmospheric Science

    Atmospheric Science

    Greeney & Creamean, 2026. This dataset provides wintertime air pollution measurements in Fairbanks, Alaska during January and February 2022.

Features and Opportunities

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2026 Community Survey

Our 2026 Community Survey is LIVE! Have you used the Arctic Data Center before? We’d love your feedback on our services, tools, and what we can do better for the Arctic research community. The survey closes March 25, 2026.

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Dataset Highlight

In our February Dataset Highlight, Tyler Miesse explores 45 years of storm surge data alongside the Alaskan Arctic coastline. Learn how this long-term dataset sheds light on coastal hazards and change in the region.

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Collaborator Highlight

Our latest Collaborator Highlight features the Polar Science Early Career Community Office (PSECCO), a valued partner of the Arctic Data Center and a major support network for early career polar researchers.

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Data Science Training Resources

The Arctic Data Center hosts data science trainings focused on programming in R and Python, reproducible practices, data management, and more. All curricula for our courses are openly available on our website for self-learning. Check it out here!

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