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