Physical oceanography Projects

This online project catalog has been developed to provide a tool to the arctic research community for discovering and sharing information about SEARCH-related projects supported through various funding agencies.

There are currently 126 projects contained within this database. The Project Catalog is under continual development and improvement as additional projects and user functionality is added. If you have any questions or suggestions about the SEARCH Project Catalog, please contact Helen Wiggins.

Below is an overview of all projects currently published in the catalog. The tabs above may be used to 'Filter' by keyword, region, or implementation category, or to run a full text 'Search' against all fields contained in the catalog. Full project details may be viewed by clicking on a project title in the table below.

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Title	PIs	Project Period	Related Programs
An Array of Autonomous Ocean Flux Buoys to Directly Observe Turbulent Vertical Fluxes of Heat, Salt and Momentum as a Component of the Arctic Observing Network	Tim Stanton (stanton@nps.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
AON: Continuing the Beaufort Gyre Observing System to Document and Enhance Understanding Environmental Change in the Arctic	Andrey Proshutinsky (aproshutinsky@whoi.edu)	07/01/2009 - 06/30/2014	Arctic Observing Network
Collaborative Proposal: An Interdisciplinary Monitoring Mooring in the Western Arctic Boundary Current: Climatic Forcing and Ecosystem Response	Robert Pickart (rpickart@whoi.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2014	Arctic Observing Network
Collaborative Research: An Ocean Observing System for the Bering Strait, the Pacific Gateway to the Arctic - an integral part of the Arctic Observing Network	Thomas Weingartner (tjweingartner@alaska.edu)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2013	Arctic Observing Network
IPY: An Innovative Observational Network for Critical Arctic Gateways--Understanding Exchanges through Davis and Fram Straits	Craig Lee (craig.lee@colorado.edu)	04/01/2007 - 03/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network
UpTempO: Measuring the Upper Layer Temperature of the Arctic Ocean	Michael Steele (mas@apl.washington.edu)	06/15/2009 - 05/31/2012	Arctic Observing Network
A Change of Seasonality of the Upper Arctic Ocean in Response to Atmospheric and Sea Ice Forcing	Jiayan Yang (jyang@whoi.edu)	07/01/2009 - 06/30/2012	Arctic System Science Program
A Service Proposal to Examine Impacts of Sea Ice on Hydrographic Structure and Nutrients over the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf	Rolf Sonnerup (rolf.sonnerup@noaa.gov)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
An Innovative Observational Network for Critical Arctic Gateways: Understanding Exchanges through Davis Strait	Craig Lee (craig.lee@colorado.edu)	04/01/2007 - 03/31/2008	Arctic Observing Network
An Observational Array for High Resolution, Year-Round Measurements of Volume, Freshwater, and Ice Flux Variability in Davis Strait	Craig Lee (craig.lee@colorado.edu)	10/01/2002 - 03/31/2008	Arctic Observing Network
Changing Seasonality of the Arctic: Alteration of Production Cycles and Trophic Linkages in Response to Changes in Sea Ice and Upper Ocean Physics	Carin Ashjian (cashjian@whoi.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2012	Arctic System Science Program
Collaborative Proposal: An interdisciplinary monitoring mooring in the western Arctic boundary current: Climatic forcing and ecosystem response	Robert Pickart (rpickart@whoi.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2014	Arctic Observing Network
Collaborative Research: A Modeling Comparison of the Alaskan and Mackenzie Shelves	Kevin Arrigo (arrigo@stanford.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2010	Shelf-Basin Interactions Project II
Collaborative Research: A Modular Approach to Building an Arctic Observing System for the IPY and Beyond in the Switchyard Region of the Arctic Ocean	Peter Schlosser (schlosser@ldeo.columbia.edu)	04/01/2007 - 03/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
Collaborative Research: An Ocean Observing System for the Bering Strait, the Pacific Gateway to the Arctic - an integral part of the Arctic Observing Network	Rebecca Woodgate (woodgate@apl.washington.edu)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2013	Arctic Observing Network
Collaborative Research: Development of a High-Resolution, Unstructured Grid, Finite-Volume Coupled Ice-Ocean Model for the Arctic Ocean		09/15/2007 - 08/31/2010	Arctic System Science Program
Collaborative Research: IPY: Arctic Great Rivers Observatory (Arctic-GRO)	Bruce Peterson (peterson@mbl.edu)	07/01/2008 - 06/30/2011	Arctic Observing Network
Downscaling Global Climate Projections to the Ecosystems of the Bering Sea with Nested Biophysical Models	Nicholas Bond (nicholas.bond@noaa.gov)	08/15/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
Environmental Variability, Bowhead Whale Distributions, and Inupiat Subsistence Whaling - Linkages and Resilience of an Alaskan Coastal System	Carin Ashjian (cashjian@whoi.edu)	09/15/2004 - 08/31/2008	Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System
Impacts of Sea Ice on the Hydrographic Structure, Nutrients, and Mesozooplankton over the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf	George Hunt, Jr. (geohunt2@uw.edu)	04/01/2007 - 03/31/2009	Bering Ecosystem Study
Impacts of the Changing Seasonality of Wind-Driven Mixing on the Arctic System	Luc Rainville (rainville@apl.washington.edu)	08/01/2009 - 07/31/2012	Arctic System Science Program
IPY: Collaborative Research: Aerial Hydrographic Surveys for IPY and Beyond: Tracking Change and Understanding Seasonal Variability	James (Jamie) Morison (morison@apl.washington.edu)	05/15/2007 - 04/30/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
IPY: Collaborative Research: The Pacific Gateway to the Arctic - Quantifying and Understanding Bering Strait Oceanic Fluxes	Thomas Weingartner (tjweingartner@alaska.edu)	03/01/2007 - 02/28/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
IPY: Observing the Dynamics of the Deepest Waters in the Arctic Ocean	Mary-Louise Timmermans (Mary-Louise.Timmermans@Yale.edu)	03/01/2007 - 02/28/2009	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
IPY: Towards an Arctic Observing Network: An Array of Ice-Tethered Profilers to Sample the Upper Ocean Water Properties During the International Polar Year	John Toole (jtoole@whoi.edu)	02/01/2007 - 01/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
Nansen-Amundsen Basin Observational System (NABOS)	Igor Polyakov (igor@iarc.uaf.edu)	01/01/2002
NOAA Salmon Survey 2007	Kathleen Crane (kathy.crane@noaa.gov)	01/01/2002	Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Survey
NOAA-FOCI (Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations)	Allen Macklin (macklin@pmel.noaa.gov)	01/01/1984
NOAA-National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON)			National Water Level Program
North Pole Station: A Distributed Long-term Environmental Observatory	James (Jamie) Morison (morison@apl.washington.edu)	09/01/2004 - 08/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
Ocean-Ice Interaction Measurements using Autonomous Ocean Flux Buoys in the Arctic Observing System	Tim Stanton (stanton@nps.edu)	02/01/2006 - 01/31/2008	Arctic Observing Network International Polar Year
RUSALCA 2004 Stations	Jackie Grebmeier (jgrebmei@umces.edu)	07/23/2004	Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
Stratification on the Bering Shelf and its Consequences for Nutrients and the Ecosystem: The Effects of Ice and Coastal Water Advection	Knut Aagaard (aagaard@apl.washington.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2008	Bering Ecosystem Study
Sustained Observations of the North Pole Environment to Characterize Ongoing Arctic Change	James (Jamie) Morison (morison@apl.washington.edu)	09/01/2009 - 08/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network