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Dr. David Carlson, former Director of the International Programme Office for the International Polar Year 2007–2008, writes about the achievements and legacies of the IPY. Carlson was Professor of Oceanography at Oregon State University until 1990, Director of the ‘Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere Response Experiment’ International Project Office from 1990 to 1994, and Director of the Atmospheric Technology Division for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) until 2003. He now promotes the open sharing of scientific data and information, the well-being of early career scientists, and global attention to polar issues.
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Carlson, D. International viewpoint and news. Environ Earth Sci 65, 1917–1920 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-011-1499-5
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