12-13 september 2006arctic goos planning meeting1 scottish association for marine science based at...

12-13 September 2006 Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting 1

Scottish Association for Marine Science

• Based at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory near Oban, Scotland• Established in 1884• Committed to promoting, delivering and supporting high-quality independent

research and education in marine science• Collaborative centre of the UK

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)• Hosts

– National Facility for Scientific Diving– Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa

• Academic partner in UHI Millennium Institute• Research activities encompass the entire

breadth of marine science• Focus on multidisciplinary research questions

from Scottish coastal waters to the Arctic Ocean– Core science programme investigating past and

present changes in Northern Seas

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In Situ Monitoring

• GreenICE/DAMOCLES buoy systems

– Extended battery life– Multi-sensor

• Meteorology

• Tiltmeters

– Two-way Iridium communications

• Moorings and landers– Oceanographic moorings in Kongsfjorden

and Storfjorden, Svalbard (MariClim)– Seabed observing

systems• Landers

• HOMER

• SIMOP

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In Situ Monitoring

• Latest buoy systems– Cryosat Cal/Val– 7 deployed in Nares Strait in

May 2006

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In Situ Monitoring

• Fieldwork (cruises/ice camps)– Royal Navy ICEX– Autosub Under Ice– GreenICE– Cryosat– Northern Seas– DAMOCLES

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Modelling

• Fjords• Greenland Sea salt flux model

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• Project work– EuroClim– IRIS– Cryosat Cal/Val

• Other work– Commercial work for

• UK Hydrographic Office

• Royal Navy

Earth Observation

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Collaborative Partners

• NERC– Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory– Plymouth Marine Laboratory– National Oceanography Centre

• University of Cambridge DAMTP

• Edinburgh Earth Observatory (University of Edinburgh)

• EC– Project partners

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Future Arctic Work

• IPY

• Oceans 2025

• Q from UK GOOS Action Group:How best can the UK support Arctic GOOS?