Arctic Research of the United States articles from March 2003

Arctic Research of the United States archives from March 2003

An overview of the Arctic System Science program.
March 22, 2003... The Arctic System Science (ARCSS) program's goal is to understand the physical, geological, chemical, biological, and sociocultural processes of the Arctic system that interact with the total Earth system and thus contribute to, or are...

Investigating the Arctic Marine Environment during a period of rapid change: development, accomplishments, and outlook for OAII.(Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions)
March 22, 2003... Increased concern about the Arctic system's sensitivity to global change and the role of Arctic processes in global change led to the creation of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Arctic System Science (ARCSS) program in 1988. The...

SHEBA: the surface heat budget of the Arctic ocean.
March 22, 2003... Central to almost all aspects of Arctic system science is the problem of projecting the variations of Arctic climate during the next 100 years and beyond. Such projections are based on simulations performed with global numerical models of the...

The Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions project.
March 22, 2003... The National Science Foundation and the Office of Naval Research are supporting an interdisciplinary global change research study known as the Western Arctic Shelf-Basin Interactions (SBI) project. This project is part of the...

The Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments in the Arctic: contributions to Arctic System Science.
March 22, 2003... The Russian-American Initiative for Land-Shelf Environments (RAISE) is unique among research program and project components supported by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Arctic System Science Program (ARCSS). RAISE project implementation...

The LAII program: Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions: biocomplexity in the Arctic terrestrial system.
March 22, 2003... LAII stands for Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions. It, along with OAII (Ocean-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions), was one of the first components of the Arctic System Science (ARCSS) program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The focus of LAII...

PARCS: Paleoenvironmental Arctic Sciences: taking the long view of the Arctic System.
March 22, 2003... The importance of understanding the environmental history of the Arctic and placing recent and future environmental changes within the longer historical context has long been recognized as a crucial component of the NSF Arctic System Science...

Human Dimensions of the Arctic System: interdisciplinary approaches to the dynamics of social-environment relationships.
March 22, 2003... In 1997 the National Science Foundation Arctic System Science (ARCSS) program launched the Human Dimensions of the Arctic System (HARC) initiative. Its goal is to "understand the dynamics of linkages between human populations and the biological...

Integrated data management for ARCSS projects: JOSS breaks the ice on field data archival and exchange.(Arctic System Science, Joint Office for Science Support)
March 22, 2003... The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Joint Office for Science Support (JOSS) provides scientific, technical, and administrative support to the scientific community in planning, organizing, and implementing research...

The Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center: playing a vital role in ARCSS knowledge synthesis.(Arctic System Science)
March 22, 2003... The Arctic System Science Data Coordination Center (ADCC) is the central, long-term archive for data collected by the NSF's ARCSS program. The ADCC is located at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado,...