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ARCUS Student Award | 1st Annual Award

1st Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

Winners of the 1997 Award

Submitted by:	J. A. (Tony) Beesley
Author:	J. A. Beesley
Title:	Towards an Explanation of the Annual Cycle of Low-Cloud Amount Over the Arctic Ocean
Abstract:	The annual cycle of low cloud amount over the Arctic Ocean is examined using climatological data and a time-dependent atmospheric column model ... (continues)
Affiliation:	Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Submitted by:	Julia Boike
Author:	J. Boike
Title:	Thermal and Hydrological Dynamics of the Active Layer at a Continuous Permafrost Site (Taymyr Peninsula, Siberia)
Abstract:	The ground thermal and hydrological regime of a site located in the continous permafrost landscape of Taymyr Peninsula, northern Sibiria was studied in 1994 and 1995 ... (continues)
Affiliation:	Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany

Submitted by:	Scott Forrest
Author:	S. Forrest
Title:	Territoriality and State-Sami Relations
Abstract:	The Sami are the indigenous people of Fennoscandia. The practice of reindeer herding is central to the Sami way of life, often regarded as the defining feature of Sami culture ... (continues)
Affiliation:	University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Submitted by:	Chris Guay
Authors:	C. K. Guay and K. K. Falkner
Title:	Barium as a Tracer of Arctic Halocline and River Waters
Abstract:	[No abstract available; paper has been submitted for publication.]
Affiliation:	College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

1997 Competition -- Other Submissions
Posted alphabetically by last name of the submitter.

Submitted by:

Karen Brewster

Author:

K. A. Brewster

Title:

A Brief History of Native Contributions to Arctic Science at the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory (NARL)

Affiliation:

Oral History Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Submitted by:

Andrea Cook

Authors:

A. C. Cook¹, D. T. Tissue², S. W. Roberts³, and W. C. Oechel¹

Title:

Effects of Long-Term Elevated CO₂ from Natural CO₂ Springs on Nardus stricta: Photosynthesis, Biochemistry, Growth, and Phenology

Affiliation:

¹Global Change Research Group, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
²Department of Biology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
³Data Design Group, La Jolla, California, USA

Submitted by:

Tina Dochat

Authors:

T. M. Dochat and D. M. Mickelson

Title:

Late Wisconsin Glaciation of the Cold Bay Region of the Alaska Peninsula

Affiliation:

Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Submitted by:

Sheldon D. Drobot

Author:

S. D. Drobot

Title:

Microwave Radiometry and Snow Water Equivalence Monitoring in the Arctic Archipelago

Affiliation:

Center for Earth Observation Science, Department of Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Submitted by:

Mike W. Eichholz

Authors:

M. W. Eichholz and J. S. Sedinger

Title:

Body Size, Individual Quality, and Regulation of Incubation Behavior in Black Brant

Affiliation:

Institute of Arctic Biology, Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Submitted by:

Cynthia Gulledge

Authors:

C. Gulledge and P. Deviche

Title:

Androgen Control of Vocal Control Region Volumes in a Wild, Migratory Songbird (Junco hyemalis) is Region- and Possibly Age-Dependent

Affiliation:

Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Submitted by:

Jonathan B. Holden

Author:

J. B. Holden

Title:

Development of a Large Scale Water Balance Model for Permafrost Terrain

Affiliation:

Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA

Submitted by:

Clara Jodwalis

Authors:

C. Jodwalis and R. Benner

Title:

Biogenic Sulfur Gas Emissions from Oceans in the Arctic Region

Affiliation:

Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

Submitted by:

Johan Kling

Author:

J. Kling

Title:

Relict Sorted Patterned Ground in Rostu, Northernmost Sweden

Affiliation:

Department of Physical Geography, Earth Sciences Centre, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden

Submitted by:

Kerry Mammone

Authors:

K. Mammone¹, C. Viscosi-Shirley², P. U. Clark¹, and N. G. Pisias²

Title:

Composition and Source of Biogenic Matter on the Siberian Arctic Shelf

Affiliation:

¹Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA
²College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

Submitted by:

Heiko Schoenfuss

Authors:

H. L. Schoenfuss¹ and D. J. Hillmann²

Title:

Laryngeal Anatomy and Mechanism of Sound Production in the Bowhead Whale, Balaena mysticetus

Affiliation:

¹Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
²School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Submitted by:

Mary A. Tatman

Author:

M. A. Tatman

Title:

Food Sources in an Arctic Environment: Traditional Subsistence Living and Modern Dietary Practices of Kodiak Island Natives

Affiliation:

Arctic Institute, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
Stefansson Fellow, member of the Society of Woman Geographers

Submitted by:

Natasja Treiberg

Author:

N. Treiberg

Title:

The New Arctic Threat

Affiliation:

University of Northern British Colombia, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada

Submitted by:

J. Bryan Wentzell

Author:

J. B. Wentzell

Title:

Assessing the Impact of Biological Field Research Camps on the Community of Chevak, Alaska

Affiliation:

Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont, USA

Submitted by:

Ziya Zhang

Authors:

Z. Zhang, D. L. Kane, and L. D. Hinzman

Title:

Simulation of Hydrologic and Thermal Processes in an Arctic Watershed

Affiliation:

Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA