Directory of Arctic Researchers

Climate and Radiation Branch

Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheres

Monte Carlo radiative transfer.Fractal cloud modeling.Radiative transfer with inhomogeneous clouds and surface.

atmospheric sciences, climate modeling, radiation remote sensing

Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI), Geophysical institute (GI)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for research in Alaska and the Arctic. Safe integration of UAS into the National Airspace System. Transport of atmospheric contaminants into the Arctic. Characterization of arctic aerosols.

unmanned aircraft systems, air pollution, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric sciences

Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR)

University of Colorado

Influence of snow cover on erosion and sedimentation, including geochemical processes.Nature and development of patterned ground under conditions of recurrent soil freezing and thawing.

geomorphology, aquatic chemistry, permafrost

Retired

environmental sciences, marine geochemistry, oceanography

Department of Mathematical Sciences

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Disseminating an accurate mathematical model to accurately predict the time of sunrise and sunset, given any latitude and date. Intends to contrast this to a simpler, less accurate model that high school math students have used. Would like to research how high school computer science students might attempt to write programs to verify the function's accuracy.

mathematics, education

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

Environmental hydrology and hydraulics with respect to rivers and streams in the winter.

hydrology, river ice, snow hydrology

Abisko Scientific Research Station

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Climate change and plant ecology.Climate change and Populations Ecology.UV-B impacts

plant ecology, climate change, population ecology

National Park Service (NPS)

Alaska natives.

cultural anthropology, subsistence

Arctic Technology

DNV Research and Innovation

Ice interaction with fixed and floating structures.Design guidelines.Effects of climate change on Arctic shipping.

ice engineering, ice/structure interaction, ice mechanics

TRACKER-Archaeology Services

archaeology, history, ethnohistory

Graduate School of Oceanography

University of Rhode Island

Joint Ocean Ice Studies (JOIS).SHEBA ancillary project--Project title: Abundance, Biomass, Vertical Distribution, and Selected Process Studies of Arctic Ocean Zooplankton: A Collaborative Proposal for Ancillary Use of the SHEBA Platform.

zooplankton, biological oceanography, marine ecology

Department of Sustainable Development

Nunavut Government

Caribou/muskox ecology.

caribou, wildlife, ecology

Marine Biology & Ecotoxicology

Polar Environmental Centre

combined effects of UV and oil on the pelagic arctic marine fauna (fish, larvae, amphipods)

marine biology, toxicology, pollution

CEOS

University of Manitoba

atmospheric physics, climate change

Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Penn State University Abington College

Historic place names of Franz Josef Land.

Historical archaeology, history and biography, toponymy

Labo. Paléobotanique

Institut de Botanique

Palynology.Paleoclimatology.Treeline history.Human impact.Northern Sweden.Fire history.Eastern Canada.

paleoecology, fire ecology, plant ecology

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

Oregon State University

Benthic community structure and patterns of distribution and abundance.Sea ice biota.Temporal variability.

benthic ecology, marine ecology, sea ice biota

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL)

Program Manager, River Confluence Ice Program.Icings developed from surface water and ground water (also known as aufeis and naledi).

ice engineering, hydraulic engineering, river ice

Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station

University of Alaska Fairbanks

agriculture, mycology, horticulture

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Arctic hydrology.Environmental fluid mechanics.Northern design and construction.Arctic heat and mass transfer.Water resources engineering.

hydraulic engineering, fluid mechanics, environmental remediation

Institute of Ocean Sciences

Department of Fisheries and Oceans

The ocean's role in and response to climate change, sea ice decline and ecosystem dynamics; developing strategies for long-term marine monitoring.

high-latitude physical oceanography, limnology and hydrology

Department of Geography

Oxford Brookes University

Thin section micromorpholoogy of subglacial and glacimarine sediments in Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

glacial geology, quaternary geology, glacimarine processes

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Animal population enumeration.

wildlife management, population biology, animal behavior

Environmental Research

Akvaplan-niva AS

Benthic community structure and functioning.Climate change and Arctic marine ecosystems.Long-term monitoring of biodiversity in northern benthic communities.Marine bivalves as environmental and ecosystem proxies (sclerochronology).Resources assessments and surveys in relation to industrial development.

intertidal ecology, arctic food webs, environmental assessment

Akvaplan-niva AS

Polar Environmental Centre

Climate change and oceanography in the Arctic.Environmental pollution in the Arctic.Radioactive contamination in Northwest Russia.

marine science, radioactive isotopes