Asiaq is a public enterprise owned by the Government of Greenland administered by the Ministry of Housing, Infrastructure and Transport. Our annual turnover is around 4 million EURO, c. 50 % of which is a grant from the Government of Greenland, while the remainder originates from commissioned assignments and external funding. The organization includes about 30 employees, the majority of whom are natural scientists and technicians.

Asiaq operates all over Greenland, undertaking activities concerning the physical environment. Asiaq’s responsibilities include; mapping, geographic information, hydrology, climate, environment, land surveying, and geological investigation. Our Workshop maintains a large network of climate stations throughout Greenland. Asiaq collects relevant data from all over Greenland since the 1950s and is responsible for both data collection and storage. The grant from the Government of Greenland is used to collect, quality control and store all data on which we base our knowledge and advice. In addition, Asiaq offers to undertake related assignments for the government and other customers. Asiaq participates and have participated in a number of national and international projects of monitoring and research activities concerning the Arctic such as Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program GEM, the Program for Monitoring of the Greenland Ice Sheet PROMICE and the National Science Foundation funded project Permafrost Dynamics within the Northern Eurasia Region and Related Impacts on Surface and Sub-Surface Hydrology. Asiaq has participated as sub-contractor in the UV service for Greenland project as a part of the ESA programme Protocol Monitoring PROMOTE stage 2 under the GMES Services for Atmospheric Monitoring (ITT ESRIN/AO/1-5204/06/I-LG).