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Award Abstract #0632041
IPY: Toward developing an Arctic Observing Network: An array of surface buoys to sample turbulent ocean heat and salt fluxes during the IPY
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ARC
Arctic Sciences Division
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| Initial Amendment Date: |
April 2, 2007 |
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| Latest Amendment Date: |
March 19, 2009 |
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| Award Number: |
0632041 |
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| Award Instrument: |
Interagency Agreement |
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| Program Manager: |
Martin Jeffries
ARC Arctic Sciences Division
OPP Office of Polar Programs
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| Start Date: |
April 15, 2007 |
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| Expires: |
March 31, 2010 (Estimated) |
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| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$1090150 |
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| Investigator(s): |
Timothy Stanton stanton@nps.edu (Principal Investigator)
William Shaw (Co-Principal Investigator)
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| Sponsor: |
Naval Postgraduate School
1 University Circle
Monterey, CA 93943 831/656-2099
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| NSF Program(s): |
AON IMPLEMENTATION
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| Field Application(s): |
0311000 Polar Programs-Related
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| Program Reference Code(s): |
OTHR, 5296, 5295, 1079, 0000
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| Program Element Code(s): |
5293
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ABSTRACT
Stanton 0632041
Naval Post-Graduate School
Funds are provided for the deployment of an expanded autonomous, ice-based, network for observing turbulent fluxes in the upper boundary layer of the ocean and, in collaboration with other investigators, for quantifying the thermodynamic balance of sea ice over multi-year drifts at multiple locations in the Arctic. These observations will contribute to the Arctic Observation Network during the International Polar Year. In particular, these observations will allow documentation of the regional variability in the role of the upper ocean in storing heat and melting sea ice, documentation of how ocean-to-ice heat fluxes are affected by the structure and heat content of the Artic halocline, understanding of the forcing mechanisms involved, and testing and improvement of ocean-to-ice flux parameterizations for use in large scale models.
PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH
Shaw, W. J., T. P. Stanton, M. G. McPhee and T. Kikuchi. "Estimates of surface roughness length in heterogeneous under-ice boundary layers," Joundal of Geophysical Research - oceans, v.113, 2008, p. C08030.
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