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Oil in Ice: Transport, Fate, and Potential Exposure
The purpose of this project has been to provide a basis and methodology for estimating routes and magnitudes of potential environmental exposures and concentrations of oil... -
Chukchi Offshore Monitoring in Drilling Area (COMIDA)
The November 2006 COMIDA workshop described the importance of benthos and chemical monitoring to evaluate the health of the Chukchi ecosystem. The BOEM Scientific Committee (SC)... -
Surface Current Circulation High Frequency (HF) Radar Mapping in the Chukchi Sea (AK-09-06)
The shallow (50 m) Chukchi shelf extends 800 km northward from Bering Strait to the shelfbreak along the 200 m isobath. The Chukchi Sea flow field is influenced by the winds;... -
Satellite-Tracked Drifter Measurements in the Northeast Chukchi Sea (AK-08-12-08)
This study was initiated to better understand the surface circulation in the Chukchi Sea, which is not well-measured by subsurface moorings. The overall goal of this program was... -
Chukchi Offshore Monitoring in Drilling Area (COMIDA): Factors Affecting the Distribution and Relative Abundance of Endangered Whales and Other Marine Mammals in the Chukchi Sea
The Chukchi Sea shelf is a bathymetrically complex region where air-sea-ice interactions govern ecosystem structure and function. CHAOZ used a combination of autonomous moored... -
Dispersal Patterns and Summer Ocean Distribution of Adult Dolly Varden from the Wulik River, Alaska, Evaluated Using Satellite Telemetry (AK-08-12)
In northwest Alaska near the Chukchi Sea, Dolly Varden charr Salvelinus malma is highly valued as a subsistence fish and local residents harvest thousands of these fish each... -
Evaluation of the Use of Hindcast Model Data for OSRA in a Period of Rapidly Changing Conditions (AK-10-07)
The objective of this task (Task 5 of BOEMRE Contract M10PC00082) was to develop a report that: (1) summarizes the 3 day workshop conducted from March 29-31 2011 in McLean,... -
Evaluation of Sub-Sea Physical Environmental Data for the Beaufort OCS and Incorporation in to a Geographic Information (GIS) Database OCS Study MMS 2002-017
This study, published on CD-ROM, presents a comprehensive database that synthesizes spatial and attribute information collected during shallow geological and geophysical surveys... -
Continuation of Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (cANIMIDA): Hydrocarbon and Metal Characterization of Sediments in the cANIMIDA Study Area (AK-03-14-02)
The key questions which drive Task 2 of cANIMIDA are as follows: Question 1. What are the background levels of chemicals of concern (i.e. anthropogenic-related organic and metal... -
Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program: Seabirds
The seabird ecology component collects data on the distribution and abundance of seabirds in the northeastern Chukchi Sea in the vicinity of several oil and gas lease areas and... -
Chukchi Sea Environmental Studies Program: Benthic
Primary production reaching the sea floor is consumed by benthic organisms (animals living in or closely associated with sediments) allowing these communities to flourish in the... -
Circulation, Cross-shelf Exchange, Sea Ice, and Marine Mammal Habitats on the Alaskan Beaufort Sea Shelf
The team proposes to carry out a joint physical/biological program to enhance the understanding of how the ABS atmosphere/ice/ocean/marine-mammal system works and what some of... -
CHukchi Acoustics, Oceanography, and Zooplankton Study (CHAOZ)
Use passive acoustic techniques to document the general presence and detailed movements of bowhead, fin, gray, humpback, and other baleen whales in areas of potential seismic,... -
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is a study describing the ongoing climate change in the Arctic and its consequences: rising temperatures, loss of sea ice,... -
Lagoon Communities and Ecosystems
The total shoreline in the ARCN, including bay and barrier island ecosystems, is approximately 450 km (250 miles). This is the third largest block of coastline that the NPS... -
Synthesis of Arctic Research
Our goal is to increase scientific understanding of the relationships among oceanographic conditions, benthic organisms, lower trophic prey species (forage fish and... -
Synthesis and Scaling of Hydrologic and Biogeochemical Data on the North Slope and Coastal Zone of Alaska
Understanding land-ocean-atmosphere coupling is essential for developing an integrated view of the arctic system, and is a key component of the Study of the Northern Alaska... -
Chukchi Acoustics, Oceanography, and Zooplankton Study (CHAOZ)
Research focus: 1. examine the changing ecosystem of the Chukchi Sea through the use of biophysical moorings, shipboard observations and climate numerical models, and 2. link... -
Continuation of Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (cANIMIDA): Core Contractor Program Management, Logistics, Data Management and Reporting (AK-03-14-01)
This task provides overall management, logistical support, database management, and review of products for all cANIMIDA science tasks. The cANIMIDA projects will gather long... -
Edge of the Arctic Shelf
SBI is a multi-year, multi-disciplinary program sponsored jointly by the National Science Foundation’s Office of Polar Programs and the High-latitude branch of the Office of...
