Arctic Research of the United States articles from September 2004

Arctic Research of the United States archives from September 2004

The ONR high latitude dynamics program: an introduction.(Office of Naval Research)
September 22, 2004... From a historical perspective, there have been three stages of the U.S. Navy's interest in the Arctic. The first stage was marked by exploration, driven by personalities like Robert Peary (first to reach the North Pole), Robert Byrd (first to...

The ONR Chair in Arctic Marine Science at the Naval Postgraduate School.(Office of Naval Research)(Chronology)
September 22, 2004... The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Chair in Arctic Marine Science was initiated in 1976, largely through the efforts of Ron McGregor, then head of the Arctic Research Program at the Office of Naval Research, and Warren Denner, then of the NPS....

Recent evolution of techniques for studying the physical oceanography and sea ice of the Arctic Ocean.
September 22, 2004... Dramatic progress has been made over the past quarter century in our understanding of oceanographic and sea ice processes in the Arctic Ocean. The availability of new platforms, including highly capable icebreaking research vessels, remote...

The SCICEX Program: Arctic Ocean investigations from a U.S. Navy Nuclear-Powered Submarine.(SCience ICe EXercise )
September 22, 2004... The SCience ICe EXercise (SCICEX), an unprecedented collaboration between the U.S. Navy and the marine research community, was designed to use nuclear-powered submarines to map and sample the ice canopy; the physical, chemical, and biological...

The International Arctic Buoy Programme--monitoring the Arctic Ocean for forecasting and research.
September 22, 2004... Changes in the Arctic have long been considered a harbinger of global climate change. Simulations with global climate models predict that if the concentration of C[O.sub.2] in the atmosphere doubles, the Arctic would warm by more than...

A personal view of the ONR high latitude upper ocean physics programs.(Office of Naval Research)
September 22, 2004... Introduction In the post WWII era, the Office of Naval Research High Latitude Dynamics (formerly the Arctic Code) program sponsored a wide variety of upper ocean research as part of a continuing series of ice station experiments. By using...