Advances in Polar Science

CONTENTS (Volume 31,2020)

Number 1

Foreword

Multi-sensor data merging of sea ice concentration and thickness Keguang WANG,Thomas LAVERGNE &Frode DINESSEN

Evaluation of ArcIOPS sea ice forecasting products during the ninth CHINARE-Arctic in summer 2018 LIANG Xi,ZHAO Fu,LI Chunhua,ZHANG Lin &LI Bingrui

Features of sea ice motion observed with ice buoys from the central Arctic Ocean to Fram Strait HAN Hongwei,LEI Ruibo,LU Peng &LI Zhijun

Laboratory experimental study of water drag force exerted on ridge keel ZU Yongheng,LU Peng,YU Miao,CAO Xiaowei &LI Zhijun

A review of synoptic weather effects on sea ice outflow through Fram Strait:cyclone vs.anticyclone LIANG Yu,BI Haibo,WANG Yunhe,ZHANG Zehua,ZHANG Yi,LIU Yanxia &HUANG Haijun

Atmospheric responses over Asia to sea ice loss in the Barents and Kara seas in mid-late winter and early spring:a perspective revealed from CMIP5 data HAN Zhe &LI Shuanglin

Characterization of the parent and hydroxylated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the soil of the Fildes Peninsula,Antarctica LI Ruijing,GAO Yunze,GAO Hui,JIN Shuaichen,CAO Shengkai,YE Jiandong &NA Guangshui

An assessment of the impacts of diesel power plants on air quality in Antarctica Sergey KAKAREKA &Sviatlana SALIVONCHYK

New category,Opinion Editorial,attracts more attention from the international polar community

Number 2

Foreword

Arctic environmental change research and Antarctic studies have mutual benefits Outi MEINANDER

Surface ozone variations at the Great Wall Station,Antarctica during austral summer Justin SENTIAN,Franky HERMAN,Mohd Sharul MOHD NADZIR &Vivian Kong WAN YEE

Tropical-Antarctic connections of an explosive cyclone in southern Brazil:rainfall stable isotope ratios and atmospheric analysis Pedro Amaral REIS,Francisco Eliseu AQUINO,Venisse SCHOSSLER,Ronaldo Torma BERNARDO &Jefferson Cardia SIM?ES

Effects of the sunscreen ultraviolet filter,oxybenzone,on green microalgae Ming-Li TEOH,Nur Suhaida SANUSI,Ching-Yee WONG &John BEARDALL

Effects of elevated temperatures on growth and photosynthetic performance of polarChlorellaSyazana ANUWAR,Ming-Li TEOH,Wei-Hsum YAP,Fong-Lee NG &Siew-Moi PHANG

The growth of theRhodococcussp.on diesel fuel under the effect of heavy metals and different concentrations of zinc Eg Xiang KAI,Wan Lutfi WAN JOHARI,Syahir HABIB,Nur Adeela YASID,Siti Aqlima AHMAD &Mohd Yunus SHUKOR

Structure and function of a novel cold regulated cold shock domain containing protein from an obligate psychrophilic yeast,Glaciozyma antarcticaJennifer CHARLES,Makdi MASNODDIN,Farhan NAZAIE &Nur Athirah YUSOF

Genome of a thermophilic bacteriumGeobacillussp.TFV3 from Deception Island,Antarctica Xin Jie CHING,Chui Peng TEOH,Dexter J.H.LEE,Marcelo GONZáLEZ-ARAVENA,Nazalan NAJIMUDIN,Yoke Kqueen CHEAH,Paris LAVIN &Clemente Michael Vui Ling WONG

Number 3

The SPLASH Action Group-Towards standardized sampling strategies in permafrost science Frédéric BOUCHARD,Yannick AGNAN,Lisa BR?DER,Julien FOUCHé,Catherine HIRST,Ylva SJ?BERG &the SPLASH team

Hybrid energy module for remote environmental observations,experiments,and communications Misha B.KRASSOVSKI,Jeffery S.RIGGS,Chris TAVINO,Stan D.WULLSCHLEGER &Susan L.HEINZ

Carbon dioxide fluxes of tundra vegetation communities on an esker top in the low-Arctic Peter M.LAFLEUR,A.Brett CAMPEAU &Sohee KANG

Effects of sunlight on tundra nitrous oxide and methane fluxes in maritime Antarctica BAO Tao,ZHU Renbin,YE Wenjuan &XU Hu

Spatial variation in grain-size population of surface sediments from northern Bering Sea and western Arctic Ocean:implications for provenance and depositional mechanisms WANG Weiguo,YANG Jichao,ZHAO Mengwei,DONG Linsen,JIANG Min &HUANG Erhui

First description of scleractinian corals from the Santa Marta and Snow Hill Island (Gamma Member) formations,Upper Cretaceous,James Ross Island,Antarctica Roberto VIDEIRA-SANTOS,Sandro Marcelo SCHEFFLER,Luiza Corral Martins de Oliveira PONCIANO,Luiz Carlos WEINSCHüTZ,Rodrigo Giesta FIGUEIREDO,Taissa RODRIGUES,Juliana Manso SAY?O,Douglas Santos RIFF &Alexander Wilhelm Armin KELLNER

Sleep architecture,periodic breathing and mood disturbance of expeditioners at Kunlun Station (4087 m) in Antarctica XU Chengli,LIU Shiying,KONG Zhanping &CHEN Nan

Sino-Russian cooperation on the sustainable utilization of Arctic biological resources:modernizing traditional knowledge Ying LUO,Li YANG,Andrew Alexandrovich LOBANOV,Sergei Vasilevich ANDRONOV &Lidiya Petrovna LOBANOVA

Number 4

Evaluation of the Polar Code in different environments and for different maritime activities in the two polar regions Meric KARAHALIL &Burcu OZSOY

Nitrous oxide research progress in polar and sub-polar oceans ZHAN Liyang,ZHANG Jiexia,LI Yuhong &WU Man

Approximating home ranges of humpback and fin whales in Drake Passage and Antarctica José Luis ORGEIRA &Facundo ALVAREZ

Installing a prototype wind turbine to produce energy in Antarctica to allow a permanent Colombian scientific base to be established Cesar Lozano JIMENEZ

Air pollutants and greenhouse gases emission inventory for power plants in the Antarctic Sergey KAKAREKA

Are Antarctic Specially Protected Areas safe from plastic pollution? a survey of plastic litter at Byers Peninsula,Livingston Island,Antarctica Pablo ALMELA &Sergi GONZALEZ

Large spread across AeroCom Phase II models in simulating black carbon in melting snow over Arctic sea ice PAN Shifeng &DUAN Mingkeng

Contents of Volume 31,2020