Projects
An important component of our Summer School was the participation
in and presentation of a small research project under the supervision
of instructors and/or expedition scientists. We have constructed a
list of appropriate projects. Where possible, the projects were
generally associated with the NABOS field survey, although several
projects were based on historical data or investigations of general
processes. Students worked individually or in small groups on their
projects and were allowed to choose their own subject with the
endorsement of an expedition scientist or instructor. Presentations
were given by students on their research.
Instructor: V. Alexeev (meteorology)
Cyclone identification and tracking in NCEP reanalysis
Anti-Cyclone identification and tracking in NCEP reanalysis
Instructor: R. Barry (ice climatology)
Analysis of biweekly NSIDC ice charts and comparison to field
conditions
Instructor: H. Simmons (physical oceanography)
Gravity wave numerical idealized experiments
Turbulence spectra calculation and interpretation
Instructor: B. Tremblay (climatology and ice)
Analysis of snap shots of LEADEX infrared imagery over leads and sea ice
to learn about leads and ice regrowth in leads
Net radiometer data exploration
T-S measurements in the upper ocean
Instructor: J. Deming (ecosystems, microbiology)
Selective cultivation of marine bacteria as a function of sample type
and incubation temperature
Measurements of extracellular enzyme activities in seawater (or sea ice)
samples
Instructor: K. Cochran (geo-chemistry)
Thorium-234 as a tracer for particulate organic carbon export in the
euphotic zone
Instructor: L. Fortier (carbon fluxes, biology)
The spatial distribution of Arctic cod larvae in relation to
sea-ice cover and SST
Interannual differences in the relative abundance of major
calanoid copepods based on data from 2003 and 2004 measurements
obtained during our 2005 field program
Instructor: D. Barber (sea ice geophysics, remote sensing)
Snow and sea ice geophysics
Passive microwave emission from the marine cryosphere
Spectral optical properties of the marine cryosphere
Instructor: P. Minnett (meteorology, physical oceanography)
Analysis of real-time ship-board methodological data to determine the surface heat budget
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