ARCSS Program | Synthesis of Arctic System Science (SASS) Projects
NSF has released two solicitations for projects focused on arctic system science. The first solicitation resulted in nine projects (SASS I), and the second solicitation resulted in eight projects (SASS II), all focused on connections and synthesis of arctic system processes.
The tables below provide a list of the SASS I and SASS II funded projects.
SASS I Projects Summary Table and
Abstracts
SASS II Projects Summary Table and
Abstracts
Click here to view SASS I Projects
*Collaborative research
| Project | Principal Investigators |
|---|---|
| *A Heat Budget Analysis of the Arctic Climate System |
Mark Serreze, CIRES/U. of Colorado Michael Steele, APL/U. of Washington |
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*Sunlight and the Arctic Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean System |
Don Perovich, CRREL (NH) Bonnie Light, APL/U. of Washington Hajo Eicken, UAF |
| *Synthesis of Modes of Ocean-Ice-Atmosphere Covariability in the Arctic System from Multivariate Century-Scale Observations |
Martin Miles, ESARC Mark Serreze, CIRES/U. of Colorado |
| Arctic Surface Air Temperatures for the Past 100 years: Analysis and Reconstruction of an Integrated Data Set for Arctic System Science | Ignatius Rigor, APL/U. of Washington |
| *Synthesis of Arctic System Carbon Cycle Research Through Model-Data Fusion Studies Using Atmospheric Inversion and Process-Based Approaches |
Dave McGuire, UAF Jerry Melillo, MBL Qianiai Zhuang, MBL Michael Follows, MIT |
| *Greening of the Arctic-Synthesis and Models to Examine the Effects of Climate, Sea-Ice, and Terrain on Circumpolar Vegetation Changes |
Skip Walker, UAF Howard Epstein, U. of Virginia |
| *A Synthesis of Rapid Meltwater and Ice Discharge Changes: Large Forcings from the Ice with Impacts on Global Sea Level and North Atlantic Freshwater Budgets |
Mark Fahnestock, UNH Richard Alley, Penn State U. Jason Box, Ohio State U. Sarah Das, WHOI Ian Joughin, APL/U. of Washington Martin Truffer, UAF |
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*Humans and Hydrology at High Latitudes |
Richard Lammers, UNH Daniel White, UAF |
| Heterogeneity and Resilience of Human-Rangifer Systems: A Circumpolar Social-Ecological Synthesis | Gary Kofinas, UAF |
Click here to view SASS II Projects
*Collaborative research
| Project | Principal Investigators |
|---|---|
| *The Roles of Clouds and their Accomplices in Modulating the Trajectory of the Arctic System |
Jennifer
Francis, Rutgers U. Stephen Vavrus, U. of Wisconsin, Madison Axel Schweiger, APL/U. of Washington |
| *Toward Reanalysis of the Arctic Climate System - Sea Ice and Ocean Reconstruction with Data Assimilation |
Andrey
Proshutinsky, WHOI Jinlun Zhang, APL/U. of Washington Gleb Panteleev, UAF Dmitri Nechaev, U. of Southern Mississippi |
| Climate Response to Future Changes in Arctic Snow Cover and Sea Ice: A New Perspective from the High-Resolution NCAR CCSM3 | Clara Deser, University Corporation For Atmospheric Research |
| *The White Arctic: A Snow-Impacts Synthesis for the Terrestrial Arctic |
Matthew Sturm, CRREL Glen Liston, Colorado State U. |
| *Understanding Change in the Climate and Hydrology of the Arctic Land Region: Synthesizing the Results of the ARCSS Fresh Water Initiative Projects |
Eric Wood, Princeton University Charles Vorosmarty, UNH Dennis Lettenmaier, U. of Washington John Cassano, U. of Colorado |
| *The Impact of Changes in Arctic Sea Ice on the Marine Planktonic Ecosystem - Synthesis and Modeling of Retrospective and Future Conditions |
Jinlun Zhang, APL/U. of Washington Carin Ashjian, WHOI Robert Campbell, U. of Rhode Island Yvette Spitz, Oregon State U. |
| *Producing an Updated Synthesis of the Arctic's Marine Primary Production Regime and Its Controls |
Patricia Matrai, BLOS Louis Codispoti, U. of Maryland Richard Zimmerman, ODU Michael Steele, APL/U. of Washington |
| *Synthesis of Sea Ice, Climate, and Human Systems in the Arctic and Subarctic (SYNICE) |
Astrid Ogilvie, U. of Colorado Jeffrey Rogers, Ohio State U. |