AON Projects

The AON projects are categorized by the SEARCH Implementation Plan categories Atmosphere, Ocean and Sea Ice, Hydrology/Cryosphere, Terrestrial Ecosystems, Human Dimensions, and Data.

Atmosphere

Core Atmospheric Measurements at Summit, Greenland Environmental Observatory

Pan-Arctic Studies of the Coupled Tropospheric, Stratospheric and Mesospheric Circulation

Development of Data Products for the University of Wisconsin High Spectral Resolution Lidar

The Collaborative O-Buoy Project: Deployment of a Network of Arctic Ocean Chemical Sensors for the IPY and beyond

Halogen Chemistry and Ocean-Atmosphere-Sea Ice-Snowpack (OASIS) Chemical Exchange During IPY

Cloud Properties Across the Arctic Basin from Surface and Satellite Measurements - An Existing Arctic Observing Network

UV Monitoring Project

    PI: Germar Bernhard
    Affiliation: Biospherical Instruments Inc.
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Ocean and Sea Ice

The State of the Arctic Sea Ice Cover: An Integrated Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONET)

Bering Sea Sub-Network: International Community-Based Observation Alliance for Arctic Observing Network (BSSN)

An Innovative Observational Network for Critical Arctic Gateways: Understanding Exchanges through Davis Strait and Fram Straits

Collaborative Research: North Pole Station: A Distributed Long-Term Environmental Observatory

Aerial Hydrographic Surveys for IPY and Beyond: Tracking Change and Understanding Seasonal Variability

The Beaufort Gyre System: The Flywheel of the Arctic

Ice Mass Balance Buoy Network: Coordination with DAMOCLES

Coordination, Data Management and Enhancement of the International Arctic Buoy Programme (IABP)

A Modular Approach to Building an Arctic Observing System for the IPY and Beyond in the Switchyard Region of the Arctic Ocean

Ocean-Ice Interaction Measurements Using Autonomous Ocean Flux Buoys in the Arctic Observing System

Toward Developing an Arctic Observing Network: An Array of Surface Buoys to Sample Turbulent Ocean Heat and Salt Fluxes During the IPY

Observing the Dynamics of the Deepest Waters in the Arctic Ocean

Design and Initialization of an Ice-Tethered Array Contributing to the Arctic Observing Network

Towards an Arctic Observing Network: An array of Ice-Tethered Profilers to sample the upper ocean water properties during the International Polar Year

Comparison of Water Properties and Flows in the U.S. and Russian Channels of the Bering Strait - 2005 to 2006

The Pacific Gateway to the Arctic - Quantifying and Understanding Bering Strait Oceanic Fluxes


Hydrology/Cryosphere

Arctic Great Rivers Observatory

    PI: Bruce Peterson
    Affilition: Marine Biological Laboratory
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Long-term Measurements and Observations for the International Arctic Research Community on the Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska

Collaborative Research: IPY: Dynamic Controls on Tidewater Glacier Retreat

Thermal State of Permafrost (TSP): The US Contribution to the International Permafrost Observatory Network

Development of a Network of Permafrost Observatories in North America and Russia: The US Contribution to the International Polar Year

A Prototype Network for Measureing Arctic Winter Precipitation and Snow Cover (Snow-Net)


Terrestrial Ecosystems

Study of Arctic Ecosystem Changes in the IPY using the Interantional Tundra Experiment

Carbon, Water, and Energy Balance of the Arctic Landscape at Flagship Observatories and in a Pan-Arctic Network

Development and Implementation of the Terrestrial Circumarctic Environmental Observatories Network (CEON)


Human Dimensions

Is the Arctic Human Environment Moving to a New State?


Data Management and Coordination

ELOKA: Exchange for Local Observations and Knowledge in the Arctic

Cooperative Arctic Data and Information System (CADIS)