Arctic Ocean 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
Coordination, Data Management and Enhancement of the International Arctic Buoy Programme	Ignatius Rigor (ignatius@apl.washington.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2014	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 Heat Budget Analysis of the Arctic Climate System	Michael Steele (mas@apl.washington.edu)	09/01/2005 - 08/31/2009	Synthesis of Arctic System Science
AON: Continuation of the of Ice-Tethered Profiler contribution to the Arctic Observing Network	John Toole (jtoole@whoi.edu)	08/15/2009 - 07/31/2014	Arctic Observing Network
Arctic Surface Air Temperatures for the Past 100 years: Analysis and Reconstruction of an Integrated Data Set for Arctic System Science	Ignatius Rigor (ignatius@apl.washington.edu)	08/15/2005 - 07/31/2010	Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Autonomous Ice Mass Balance Buoys for an Arctic Observing Network	Jacqueline Richter-Menge (Jacqueline.A.Richter-Menge@usace.army.mil)	07/01/2009 - 06/30/2010	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: Determining the Present and Future Ocean Carbon Dynamics in the Chukchi Sea and Pan-Arctic Ocean: A Contribution to Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) Phase III	S. Bradley Moran (moran@gso.url.edu)	09/01/2007 - 08/31/2010	Shelf-Basin Interactions Project II
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: Effect of a Warming Climate on Arctic Shelf and Basin Calanus Populations: Implications for Pan-Arctic Ecosystem Dynamics	Carin Ashjian (cashjian@whoi.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2010	Shelf-Basin Interactions Project II
Collaborative Research: IPY: Arctic Great Rivers Observatory (Arctic-GRO)	Bruce Peterson (peterson@mbl.edu)	07/01/2008 - 06/30/2011	Arctic Observing Network
Collaborative Research: IPY: Dynamic Controls on Tidewater Glacier Retreat	W. Tad Pfeffer (tad.pfeffer@colorado.edu)	04/15/2008 - 03/31/2011	Arctic Observing Network
Collaborative Research: Toward Reanalysis of the Arctic Climate System - Sea Ice and Ocean Reconstruction with Data Assimilation	Gleb Panteleev (gleb@iarc.uaf.edu)	08/22/2006 - 07/31/2009	Arctic System Science Program Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Comparison of Water Properties and Flows in the U.S. and Russian Channels of the Bering Strait - 2005 to 2006	Rebecca Woodgate (woodgate@apl.washington.edu)	05/15/2005 - 10/31/2007	Arctic Observing Network
Coordination, Data Management, and Enhancement of the International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP)	Ignatius Rigor (ignatius@apl.washington.edu)	03/15/2006 - 02/28/2009	Arctic Observing Network
Design and Initialization of an Ice-tethered Array Contributing to the Arctic Observing Network	John Toole (jtoole@whoi.edu)	02/01/2006 - 01/31/2008	Arctic Observing Network
Development of Data Products for the University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar	Edwin Eloranta (eloranta@lidar.ssec.wisc.edu)	02/01/2007 - 01/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
Icebergs - International Ice Patrol			U.S. Coast Guard
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: Halogen Chemistry and Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS) Chemical Exchange During IPY	Paul Shepson (pshepson@purdue.edu)	10/01/2007 - 09/30/2010	International Polar Year Study of Environmental Arctic Change
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-FOCI (Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations)	Allen Macklin (macklin@pmel.noaa.gov)	01/01/1984
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
Producing an Updated Synthesis of the Arctic's Marine Primary Production Regime and its Controls	Patricia Matrai (pmatrai@bigelow.org)	09/01/2006 - 08/31/2009	Arctic System Science Program Synthesis of Arctic System Science
State of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: An Integrated Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONET)	Hajo Eicken (hajo.eicken@gi.alaska.edu)	01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010	Arctic Observing Network
Storm Climate of the Western Arctic and its Impact on Shelf-Basin Exchange	Robert Pickart (rpickart@whoi.edu)	09/15/2007 - 08/31/2009	Shelf-Basin Interactions Project III
Sunlight and the Arctic Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean System	Donald Perovich (donald.k.perovich@erdc.usace.army.mil)	09/01/2005 - 08/31/2008	Arctic System Science Program Synthesis of Arctic System Science
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
The Impact of Changes in Sea Ice on the Physical Forcings of the Eastern Bering Ecosystem - Retrospective Investigation and Future Projection		08/01/2006 - 07/31/2010	Bering Ecosystem Study Synthesis of Arctic System Science
Toward Reanalysis of the Arctic Climate System - Sea Ice and Ocean Reconstruction with Data Assimilation	Andrey Proshutinsky (aproshutinsky@whoi.edu)	08/15/2006 - 07/31/2010	Synthesis of Arctic System Science