SEARCH Project Catalog

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
Bering Sea Sub Network: A Distributed Human Sensor Array to Detect Arctic Environmental Change
Lilian Alessa (lalessa@alaska.edu)
09/01/2009 - 08/31/2014 Arctic Observing Network
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
Developing an Understanding and Predictive Capability for the Interconnections Among Arctic Terrestrial, Atmospheric, and Marine Systems
Walter Oechel (oechel@sunstroke.sdsu.edu)
09/15/2004 - 08/31/2008 Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System
Flux and Transformation of Organic Carbon across the Eroding Coastline of Northern Alaska
Chien-Lu Ping (cping@alaska.edu)
09/15/2004 - 08/31/2008 Study of the Northern Alaska Coastal System
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
Biospherical Instruments, NSF Polar Programs UV Monitoring Network
Germar Bernhard (bernhard@biospherical.com)
01/01/1988 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
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: 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
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
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: 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: 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: 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
Is the Arctic Human Environment Moving to a New State?
Jack Kruse (afjak@uaa.alaska.edu)
04/01/2007 - 03/31/2011
Arctic Observing Network
International Polar Year
A Prototype Network for Measuring Arctic Winter Precipitation and Snow Cover (Snow-Net)
Matthew Sturm (SnowHydroAK@gmail.com)
03/15/2007 - 02/28/2009 Arctic Observing Network
Toward Developing an Arctic Observing Network: An Array of Surface Buoys to Sample Turbulent Ocean Heat and Salt Fluxes during the IPY
Tim Stanton (stanton@nps.edu)
04/15/2007 - 03/31/2010
Arctic Observing Network
International Polar Year
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
Thermal State of Permafrost: The US Contribution to the International Permafrost Observatory Network
Vladimir Romanovsky (veromanovsky@alaska.edu)
09/01/2006 - 12/31/2009
Arctic Observing Network
International Polar Year
Long-term Measurements and Observations for the International Arctic Research Community on the Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska
Douglas Kane (dlkane@alaska.edu)
04/15/2004 - 03/31/2010 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
IPY: Collaborative Research on Carbon, Water, and Energy Balance of the Arctic Landscape at Flagship Observatories and in a PanArctic Network
Gaius Shaver (gshaver@mbl.edu)
03/15/2007 - 02/28/2011
Arctic Observing Network
International Polar Year
Bering Sea Sub-network: International Community-Based Observation Alliance for Arctic Observing Network (BSSN)
Victoria Gofman (victoriag@alaska.net)
06/01/2007 - 05/31/2008
Arctic Observing Network
International Polar Year
State of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: An Integrated Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONET) 01/01/2010 - 12/31/2010 Arctic Observing Network
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
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
NOAA Salmon Survey 2007
Kathleen Crane (kathy.crane@noaa.gov)
01/01/2002 Bering-Aleutian Salmon International Survey
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
An Innovative Observational Network for Critical Arctic Gateways: Understanding Exchanges through Davis Strait 04/01/2007 - 03/31/2008 Arctic Observing Network
RUSALCA 2004 Stations
Jackie Grebmeier (jgrebmei@umces.edu)
07/23/2004 Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research
An Observational Array for High Resolution, Year-Round Measurements of Volume, Freshwater, and Ice Flux Variability in Davis Strait 10/01/2002 - 03/31/2008 Arctic Observing Network
NOAA-FOCI (Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations)
Allen Macklin (macklin@pmel.noaa.gov)
01/01/1984
Nansen-Amundsen Basin Observational System (NABOS)
Igor Polyakov (igor@iarc.uaf.edu)
01/01/2002
Beaufort Gyre System: Flywheel of the Arctic
Andrey Proshutinsky (aproshutinsky@whoi.edu)
10/01/2004 - 09/30/2010 Arctic Observing Network
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
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
NOAA-National Water Level Observation Network (NWLON) National Water Level Program
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
The Impact of Changes in Sea Ice Extent on Primary Production, Phytoplankton Community Structure, and Export in the Eastern Bering Sea
S. Bradley Moran (moran@gso.url.edu)
09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008 Bering Ecosystem Study
Benthic Ecosystem Response to Changing Ice Cover in the Bering Sea
Jackie Grebmeier (jgrebmei@umces.edu)
11/01/2007 - 08/31/2008 Bering Ecosystem Study
A Service Proposal to Examine Impacts of Sea Ice on Hydrographic Structure and Nutrients over the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf during Summer
Rolf Sonnerup (rolf.sonnerup@noaa.gov)
09/15/2007 - 08/31/2008 Bering Ecosystem Study
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
Sea Ice Algae, a Major Food Source for Herbivorous Plankton and Benthos in the Eastern Bering Sea
Rolf Gradinger (rgradinger@ims.uaf.edu)
09/15/2007 - 08/31/2008 Bering Ecosystem Study
Nelson Island Natural and Cultural History Project
Mark John (mjohn@gci.net)
10/01/2006 - 09/30/2008 Bering Ecosystem Study
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
The Trophic Role of Euphausiids in the Eastern Bering Sea: Ecosystem Responses to Changing Sea-ice Conditions
Evelyn Lessard (elessard@u.washington.edu)
09/15/2007 - 08/31/2008 Bering Ecosystem Study
Nitrogen Supply for New Production and its Relation to Climatic Conditions on the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf
Raymond Sambrotto (sambrott@ldeo.columbia.edu)
08/15/2006 - 07/31/2010 Bering Ecosystem Study
Dentrification and Global Change in Bering Sea Shelf Sediments 09/01/2006 - 08/31/2010 Bering Ecosystem Study
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
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