Program Solicitation
NSF-02-071
OFFICE OF POLAR PROGRAMS
FULL PROPOSAL DEADLINE(S): 3 June 2002
SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
GENERAL INFORMATION
Program Title: ARCTIC FRESHWATER CYCLE: LAND/UPPER-OCEAN LINKAGES
Synopsis of Program: The hydrologic cycle and heat balance of the
Arctic/SubArctic atmosphere, landmass, and ocean are important
components of the Earth system. They couple with the global meridional
overturning circulation of the ocean and hence become a key element of
the larger climate system. In the Arctic, the fluxes and transformation
of freshwater, heat and tracers are rapid, changeable and incompletely
observed or understood. An understanding of the freshwater system is a
key to understanding the environmental impacts from changing global or
regional climate. This Solicitation seeks proposals that address the
physical, chemical, and/or biogeochemical processes of the Arctic
freshwater system and its connections with the subpolar oceans and
Arctic environmental change.
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Freshwater Cycle: Land/Upper-Ocean Linkages (A contribution to the Study
of Environmental ARctic CHange (SEARCH)), please go to: