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Store og små synes det var spennende på åpent skip http://iaoos.no/no/prosjektbeskrivelse/feltarbeid/kv-svalbard-2007/apentskip1.jpg No publishererlenahe2009-03-04T09:42:15ZImageTask 3.9: Inverted estuarine circulation – driving the export of freshwater http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.9-inverted-estuarine-circulation-2013-driving-the-export-of-freshwater Main objective: To develop conceptual models related to the circulation driven by the Arctic freshwater.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:24:49ZIPY ArticleTask 3.8: Monitoring downstream conditions: Fate of the freshwater http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.8-monitoring-downstream-conditions-fate-of-the-freshwater Main objective: Estimate the fresh water transport on the shelf at 79 N and monitor the strength and along-path evolution of the ice, freshwater and volume transport of the East Greenland Current and the Transpolar Drift as it exits the Arctic. No publishererlenahe2009-03-03T16:06:07ZIPY ArticleTask 3.6: Sea ice feedback mechanisms http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.6-sea-ice-feedback-mechanisms Main objective: Combine measurements and simplified model concepts to investigate processes important for the sea ice albedo feedback loop, and improve their representation in general circulation models.No publishererlenahe2009-03-03T15:54:48ZIPY ArticleTask 3.5: Carbon Cycling in the Arctic Ocean outflow http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.5-carbon-cycling-in-the-arctic-ocean-outflow Main objective: To investigate carbon cycling and lower trophic level ecosystem functions on the East Greenland shelf to evaluate the physical forcing and sensitivity to climate change for the fate of biogenic matter.No publishererlenahe2009-05-12T13:50:30ZIPY ArticleTask 3.4: The buoyancy budget of the Arctic and Subarctic Seas http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.4-the-buoyancy-budget-of-the-arctic-and-subarctic-seas Main objective: To improve the understanding of what sets the density field of the Arctic and Subarctic Seas with special emphasis on the role of mesoscale eddies and mean advection.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:17:43ZIPY ArticleTask 3.2: Towards a modern Weather Station Mike http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.2-towards-a-modern-weather-station-mike Main objective: To investigate the feasibility of using autonomous instrumentation for obtaining oceanographic information at Station Mike.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:14:50ZIPY ArticleTask 3.3: Bifurcation of the Norwegian Atlantic Current into a Barents Sea and a Fram Strait path http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.3-bifurcation-of-the-norwegian-atlantic-current-into-a-barents-sea-and-a-fram-strait-path Main objective The overall objective of this task is to improve the understanding of the mechanisms governing the bifurcation of the NwAC into the Barents Sea and to the West Spitzbergen Current (WSC) and use this as basis for interpretation of observed variations in the Arctic. No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:15:38ZIPY ArticleTask 3.1: Monitoring upstream conditions: strength and along-path evolution of mass, salt and heat fluxes, and water masses of the Norwegian Atlantic Current http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp3-process-experiments/task-3.1-monitoring-upstream-conditions-strength-and-along-path-evolution-of-mass-salt-and-heat-fluxes-and-water-masses-of-the-norwegian-atlantic-current Main objective: Quantify and understand the mass, heat and salt fluxes, and the processes modifying the Atlantic Water as flowing through the Norwegian Sea toward the Arctic.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:14:00ZIPY ArticleTask 2.3: Sea ice modeling http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp-2-monitoring-and-forecasting/task-2.3-sea-ice-modeling The quality of the final analyzed product in a monitoring system is influenced by the quality of the atmospheric forcing fields, observations, the assimilation methods and the underlying models in such a way that weaknesses in one component can degenerate the final product. No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:13:05ZIPY ArticleTask 2.2: Optimized methods for data assimilation http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp-2-monitoring-and-forecasting/task-2.2-optimized-methods-for-data-assimilation To produce good ice and ocean forecasts with a model it is not only important that the forcing from the atmosphere is well described. The forecast quality is also dependent on a good estimate of the initial state through data assimilation.No publishererlenahe2009-05-12T13:48:55ZIPY ArticleTask 2.1: Optimal retrieval, characterization and synergy of remote sensing data http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp-2-monitoring-and-forecasting/task-2.1-optimal-retrieval-characterization-and-synergy-of-remote-sensing-data The main source of observation coverage for regular monitoring of both sea ice and sea surface temperature (SST) is satellites.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:09:09ZIPY ArticleTask 1.7: Drifting Stations Tara and NP-35 http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp1-in-situ-observations/task-1.7-drifting-stations-tara-and-np-35 Objective: Contribute to the logistics necessary to carry out the Tara drift station, and install instrumentation at Tara and NP-35 necessary to feed data into the ice albedo feedback studies in WP3.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:06:00ZIPY ArticleRelated Task: Mooring section Nordaustlandet http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp1-in-situ-observations/related-task-mooring-section-nordaustlandet Objective: To complete the DAMOCLES and NABOS mooring array north of Spitsbergen to be able to fully capture the inflow of Atlantic Water to the Arctic.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:07:54ZIPY ArticleTask 1.9: Freshwater mooring sections along the East Greenland Current; 79 and 74°N http://iaoos.no/en/en-testitem1/work-packages/wp1-in-situ-observations/task-1.9-freshwater-mooring-sections-along-the-east-greenland-current-79-and-74b0n Objective: To fill the gap in instrumentation in the freshwater observation arrays that prevents us from calculating the freshwater transport divergence between the individual arrays.No publishererlenahe2009-03-19T15:07:21ZIPY Article