About iAOOS Norway:

• About iAOOS Norway

  In order to enhance our understanding of the Arctic and climate change, a state-of-the-art observation system is required. iAOOS-Norway contributes by broadening the existing observation system.

• Project summary

  iAOOS-Norway: Closing the loop is a contribution to an integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System, iAOOS. It builds on, and supplements, other ongoing components of iAOOS such as NABOS and DAMOCLES.

• Our main goals

  The main objective of iAOOS-Norway

• Where is the research in iAOOS Norway taking place?

  The field work in iAOOS-Norway is located at the entrance/exit site of the Arctic Ocean, namely in the Fram Strait and in the Nordic Seas: we are "Closing the Loop".

• Scientists involved

  Who are the scientists of iAOOS Norway?

• Participating institutions

  iAOOS Norway is a collarboration between seven Norwegian institutes.

• About the acronym iAOOS

  iAOOS is short for "integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System". iAOOS-Norway is art of an international effort to monitor the Arctic Ocean.

• About the International Polar Year

  The fourth International Polar Year (IPY) opens on 1 March 2007 and spans a two-year period. During this time research resources and funding from over 60 countries will be coordinated in an extraordinary initiative to increase our knowledge about the Arctic and Antarctic.