iAOOS-Norway focuses on monitoring the transport of heat and freshwater in and out of the Arctic ocean, as well as sea ice changes and biological activity. New data provided by iAOOS-Norway and related projects improve operational now-casting and forecasting of the state of the ocean and sea ice. iAOOS-Norway builds on, and supplements, other ongoing components of this observation system, such as DAMOCLES and NABOS.

iAOOS Norway - Closing the Loop is a Norwegian contribution to the international IPY effort iAOOS, proposed jointly to the IPY Joint Committee by the Arctic Ocean Science Board (AOSB) and Climate and Cryosphere (CliC), a core project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRB).

Responsible institution is the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, whilst these are the participating institutions:

• Norwegian Polar Institute
• Institute of Marine Research
• The University Centre in Svalbard
• The Norwegian College of Fishery Science
• The University of Bergen
• The University of Oslo