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Ecohydrology in Permafrost Systems: The Impact of Watershed Heterogeneity on Stream Flow Dynamics and Hydrologic Pathways
The overall objective of this study is to quantify the relative roles of vegetation water use and soil water storage dynamics associated with permafrost presence/absence in... -
Physical Oceanographic and Meteorological Data for Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Support Reliability Based Design Criteria for Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Structures
The intent of this project was to produce information that will facilitate implementation of the ISO 19906 Standard: Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries - Arctic Offshore... -
Modeling Arctic Barrier Island-lagoon System Response to Projected Arctic Warming
The processes responsible for shaping the current Arctic coastal landscape are reasonably well understood; however, the relative roles of each are poorly defined and even less... -
Satellite-tracked Surface Drifter Measurements – Nearshore Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
The purpose of this project is to assess the variability of surface circulation (upper 1 meter) off the nearshore US Arctic coast in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. Direct... -
Aquatic Habitat Studies in the Arctic Network (NPS)
Use of GIS techniques and remote sensing data such as high-resolution satellite imagery, recently acquired high-resolution digital terrain models, and spaceborne synthetic... -
Arctic Lake Ice System Science
This project examines the extent and dynamics of bedfast and floating ice lakes in relation to hypothesized interactions and feedback with permafrost and climate. A combination... -
Summary of the 2015 Subsistence Whaling Season at Cross Island
This report for Hilcorp Alaska LLC presents information for the 2015 Cross Island subsistence bowhead whale hunt, and continues the work funded by the Minerals Management... -
Ozone Monitoring Pilot Project National Petroleum Reserve Inigok, Alaska
Ozone is a powerful oxidant, a respiratory hazard and pollutant, which is why there is an established 8-hour ozone standard not to be exceeded more than three times in a year.... -
Influence of sea ice on ecosystem shifts in Arctic seas
The decline of Arctic sea ice is predicted to promote a fundamental ecosystem shift from benthic animals that forage on the sea floor to pelagic animals that forage near the sea... -
Hyperspectral remote sensing data and a multi-proxy investigation for characterizing mineral resources in Alaska
This is an integrated, multi-disciplinary project to develop, validate and apply high resolution remote sensing, geochemical, geobotanical, and geological methods and data to... -
Vulnerability of inland waters and the aquatic carbon cycle to changing permafrost and climate across boreal northwestern North America
This project combines hydrology, carbon chemistry, and geophysical techniques to identify thawing landscapes and the correct scale for quantifying hydrologic transport and... -
Evaluation of Hazards and Risk Assessment of Fugitive Dust from Metals Extraction Operations at the Red Dog Mine, Alaska
The Red Dog Mine has produced lead and zinc concentrates year-round since its start up in 1989. After milling and refining at the mine, the powder-consistency concentrates are... -
Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program: Fisheries
The primary object of the fish trawl assessment program is to estimate the relative abundance (numbers) and biomass (weight), species composition, and biological information on... -
Resilience of Caribou to Temperature Shifts in the Alaskan Arctic
This research addresses factors contributing to movements, habitat use, survival and reproduction of Central Arctic Herd caribou.Track movements of radio collared Central Arctic... -
Developing and Using Veterinary Techniques to Support Non-lethal Marking Studies of Priority Wildlife Species in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Ecosystems of Alaska
The increasing sophistication of the techniques used wildlife biology research has created a need and a demand for assistance by trained medical personnel. Non-lethal sampling,... -
Fish Creek Watershed lake cover classification
Our multidisciplinary team is focusing on the broad hypothesis that surface-water availability, connectivity, and temperature mediate aquatic habitat and trophic dynamics. We... -
Arctic Invasive Alien Species
The Arctic Invasive Alien Species (ARIAS) Strategy and Action Plan, produced by CAFF and the Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment (PAME) sets forth the priority actions... -
Physical and ecological factors for increase in abundance and distribution of Arctic goose populations
Numbers of breeding geese are increasing on the North Slope of Alaska and the distribution of molting geese is expanding to new habitat areas being created by declining sea ice... -
Ground-truth Snow Depth on Coastal Plain
Ground-truth measurements to refine a snow-cover model of the Arctic Refuge coastal plain, from the Canning River to the Kongakut River. -
Polar Bear-viewing Tourism Management
Multi-year collaboration between Drs. Hallo & Dvorak and the FWS to address visitor management and visitor capacity of polar bear-viewing tourism in Kaktovik and the...
