Conceptual scheme of environment monitoring for northern latitudes

Revelation of critical situations and processes is another problem that faces the complex system of monitoring the Arctic region. 

Essentially, this concerns formation of a software package, the input to which will be data on the spatial distribution of land and marine ecosystems, as well as sets of scenarios of anthropogenic processes and climatic trends. Such a database will be continuously updated and provide sequences of models to provide reliable forecasts of the dynamics of these ecosystems and will facilitate realization of hypothetic scenarios for Arctic environmental control. 

The successful solution of some of these problems can be exemplified by the 3-D model that calculates the dynamics of radionuclide pollution of the Arctic Basin (Preller and Cheng, 1999) and the 2-D model of the ice condition of Arctic Ocean basins (Riedlinger and Preller, 1991). 

3 By aquatory we mean the restricted ocean (or sea) area that is the subject for study. 

Application of modeling technology to the study of pollutant dynamics 363 

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Figure 6.1. Conceptual scheme of environment monitoring for northern latitudes. It reflects the correlations between spatial scales and the problems facing studies attempting to understand the functioning of the Arctic.

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