The goal of proposed research is to enhance understanding of the sea-ice thickness distribution (ITD), focusing on the mode, by producing improved estimates of space and time variations of the ITD, and greater understanding of its role in Arctic climate. This project is funded by the National Science Foundation, Arctic Sciences Program.
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SEARCH is an interagency effort to understand the nature, extent, and future development of the system-scale change presently seen in the Arctic. These changes are occuring across terrestrial, oceanic, atmospheric, and human systems.
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The observatory is staffed by an international research team that establishes a camp at the North Pole each spring to take the pulse of the Arctic Ocean and learn how the world’s northernmost sea helps regulate global climate.
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