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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Validation and Application of Novel Wind Estimation Techniques with UAVs in the Arctic

This project aims to develop the novel application of rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for wind speed and direction estimation in the Arctic. The method relies on using the drone’s inertial measurements (pitch, roll, yaw angles & thrust) in a GPS-hold mode to estimate wind. The method ...

Awarded: NOK 28,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Deposition History of Microplastics (MPs) in a Svalbard Ice Core (RiS ID 11402)

This project will investigate the atmospheric deposition of microplastics (MPs) using a Svalbard ice core. By collaborating with international partners, this project will produce the first ever record of the temporal atmospheric deposition of MPs in the Arctic and in an ice core. The ice core rec...

Awarded: NOK 66,999

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Use of remote sensing for characterizing river influence on Svalbard’s coastal waters

Arctic coastal ecosystems are undergoing rapid change, including large increases in delivery of freshwater (and associated sediments, nutrients and organic matter) from land to sea. Although these changes are expected to have a broad range of impacts on coastal biogeochemistry and ecology, the dy...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Effects of pollutants on thyroid hormones in migratory Glaucous gulls in Svalbard, RIS-ID 5267

In this project I will investigate the level of pollutants in the blood of Glaucous gulls (Larus hyperboreus) in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard the summer of 2020. The sampled Glaucous gulls are equipped with GLS loggers that will be analysed to study a correlation between winter migration and the level ...

Awarded: NOK 32,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Glaciofluvial Microplastic Deposition, RiS ID: 11417

The aim of the study is to determine how ´pristine´ glaciogenic sediments and ice incorporate microplastic pollution. Can it be said that glaciogenic sediments at the coastline contain a stronger anthropogenic signal then those at the glacier margin and within ice being incorporated into the glac...

Awarded: NOK 28,114

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Support to arrange a workshop at the 6th international arctic fox conference in Longyearbyen, Svalbard 2020

The 6th international workshop/conference in arctic fox biology will for the first time be organized and located in Norway in Longyearbyen, Svalbard on August 26-29, 2022. Circumpolar arctic fox biologists have since 1991, established a network that have arranged five international conferences in...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALHOLA (SVALbard HOLocene Assembly) Workshops 2020 & 2021

Few places are transformed more rapidly by on-going climate change than the Svalbard archipelago. The scientific potential of this unique natural laboratory to constrain the trajectory of future change is reflected by a surge in research activity and infrastructure development. Yet research is of...

Awarded: NOK 0.25 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

51st International Arctic Workshop 2021 in Svalbard

Initiated at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) at the University of Colorado in 1970, and held at international venues specialising in Arctic Science every odd year and back at INSTAAR every even year, the International Arctic Workshop (IAW) is an annual event focussing on all...

Awarded: NOK 0.19 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

A method to identify sea-ice breakup: a pilot study

This pilot study is aimed to bring together experts in wave and ice dynamics to develop a methodology to identify the exact instant at which sea-ice cracks or breaks. To develop a systematic approach to measure wave-induced sea-ice breakup international collaboration is vital because: (i) the lac...

Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Research in Svalbard: An APECS workshop

Numerous international and interdisciplinary research projects are carried out in Svalbard every year. Furthermore, such research projects involve both senior and early career researchers (ECRs), some of whom may have never previously set foot on the archipelago. The Association of Polar Early Ca...

Awarded: NOK 92,999

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Proposal to the Svalbard Strategic Grant for the realization of a side meeting prior to the Svalbard Science Conference in Oslo 2019

The Ny-Ålesund Terrestrial Flagship program is one of four NySMAC flagship programs that aim to coordinate and integrate international and national research and monitoring. The Terrestrial Ecosystem Flagship focus on ecosystem-based research on tundra, fresh water and soil in and around Ny-Ålesun...

Awarded: NOK 70,826

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALHOLA (Svalbard Holocene Assembly on glaciers and climate history) workshop following the Svalbard Science Conference 2019

Climate change is one of the most serious challenges facing society today. Reconstructing past climate and environmental conditions is important for establishing natural reference values, which better our understanding of the causes and consequences of current and future changes. Previous investi...

Awarded: NOK 61,785

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Workshop to promote international and interdisciplinary integration of SIOS research infrastructure and prioritise investment

SIOS is an international consortium of research institutions that conduct Earth System Science (ESS) research in and around Svalbard. Members of SIOS cooperate to create an integrated observing system for ESS, in which core state-variables are measured over time and made available to all members ...

Awarded: NOK 88,697

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Science Conference Glaciology Flagship workshop: Models and observations of snow and glacier mass balance

This proposal seeks support for a workshop to enhance further international and interdisciplinary cooperation on modeling and field measurements of snow and glacier mass balance in Svalbard. Research challenges and opportunities will be identified, with focus on data gaps and sources of uncertain...

Awarded: NOK 91,406

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

High resolution Holocene climate and paleoenvironmental reconstruction from Adventdalen, Svalbard based on OSL dating of loess.

A Holocene sediment package, consisting of periglacial windblown sediment (Loess) is located in Adventdalen on Svalbard. The purpose of the project is to extract cores from 2-4 localities in Adventdalen and use Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating to date the samples. Loess can generall...

Awarded: NOK 5,101

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Personalities in fear behaviour: relevance for management. RiS ID: 11153

Geese differ in their reaction to human disturbance. Previous work has linked the degree of reaction to personality and habituation. In Kongsfjorden (near Ny-A°lesund), there is a marked population of barnacle geese which have been tested for different personality traits. Now, we want to make a l...

Awarded: NOK 45,653

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

SVALBARD ALUMNI

Each year, over one thousand researchers from approximately 30 nations participate in research studies, projects, and monitoring programs in Svalbard. The vast majority of these students and research professionals only spend a finite time conducting activities in Svalbard and engaging on-the-grou...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Akershus

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Svalbard Social Science Initiative - a network of social scientists working in Svalbard

The Svalbard Social Science Initiative (SSSI) will fill a gap by connecting social scientists working on issues related to Svalbard. The aim of the network is to coordinate social science research related to Svalbard, and to enhance its quality and its impact on the local communities. In the prop...

Awarded: NOK 99,999

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Biogenic IOdine MeAsurements in Svalbard Snow (BIOMASS)

A new proxy based on iodine emission from sea-ice-associated phytoplankton and macro and micro algae is here proposed. During spring algal bloom in fact, the increase of chlorophyll concentration in the water has been observed to be accompanied also with an increase of tropospheric iodine species...

Awarded: NOK 56,188

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The potential of soil organic carbon composition under different tundra types: A case study from Ny-Ålesund

Circulation of total organic carbon in the Arctic, including the Arctic islands, is crucial in terms of the species composition of the tundra and soil diversity. The main purpose of this study is to assess the potential of soil organic carbon composition in different tundra types. As a next study...

Awarded: NOK 64,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The nature of particulate iron inputs in high Arctic fjord during the spring season

The Arctic is one of the most vulnerable regions experiencing the effects of Climate Change. Glacier melting together with permafrost thawing are predicted to increase the influx of particulate matter, together new organic and inorganic matter into the Arctic coastal ecosystem (McGuire et al., 20...

Awarded: NOK 31,754

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Nunataks as an island model system within the island - Dispersal of Saxifraga oppositifolia. RiS ID: 11166

Saxifraga oppositifolia will be sampled from nunataks, to explore the gene flow between populations and to find out whether nunataks function as islands within the island of Spitsbergen. In addition, dispersal and colonisation of S. oppositifolia can be related to environmental factors, since pop...

Awarded: NOK 38,636

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

KongElViS: Basal conditions at beginning of Kongsvegen surge revealed using seismic source ElViS

Surge-type glaciers alternate between long periods of slow ice flow, in which ice mass builds up in the accumulation area, followed by a short phase with significantly higher ice speeds in which the mass stored in the accumulation area is transported rapidly downglacier. During the surge phase, g...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Influence of distributed snow and firn cover evolution on glacier surface mass change., RIS ID 11152

The glaciers of Svalbard are undergoing profound change due to climate forcing. Precipitation and temperature changes are leading to changes in the timing and duration of the melt period, the type of ice undergoing accumulation (firn versus frozen liquid precipitation or snowmelt) and the overall...

Awarded: NOK 74,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Herbivores in Svalbard: Monitoring Food Access in a Changing Climate (RiS-ID: 11144)

This project identifies ice and snow phenology as important determinants of seasonal vegetation access to herbivores, and centers around the question: to what degree can existing near remote sensing efforts robustly monitor herbivore food access in the high arctic during pre and early green-up? ...

Awarded: NOK 64,030

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Study of Capture Mechanisms of Mercury in Snow/Ice in the Arctic (RiS-ID 11155)

The overall purpose of the field work is to collect 150 snow samples in Adventdalen (Longyearbyen) and Brøggerdalen (Ny-Ålesund) for study transport mechanisms involved for mercury and other atmospheric deposited metals in the Arctic. Especially the role of natural organic matter in the snow is o...

Awarded: NOK 30,704

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Depositional and structural characterization of a breccia system in northern Billefjorden, Svalbard (RiS ID: 10929)

As part of my Master thesis I plan to accomplish an event stratigraphic log, acquisition of structural data and a 3D photogrammetry survey of the breccia body in Mimerbukta in order to get a better understanding of the depositional and structural evolution of the breccia and to compare the brecci...

Awarded: NOK 27,999

Project Period: 2019-2019

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Persistent organic pollution in thawing permafrost

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are organic chemical substances produced as pesticides, industrial chemicals and industrial unintentional by-products. POPs retain particular physical and chemical properties such that, once discharged into the environment, they remain intact for exceptionally...

Awarded: NOK 64,610

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Diversity and dynamics of bacterial and algal communities during snow to firn transformation on the Kongsvegen and Holtedahlfonna glaciers

Firn cores will be collected along a longitudinal transect on Kongsvegen and Holtedahlfonna glaciers (Spitzbergen, Svalbard islands) to evaluate spatial variability and to assess the contribution of marine aerosols to their composition. Comparison of snow samples of 2018 and firn samples from spr...

Awarded: NOK 58,540

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal importance of mixotrophy in Billefjorden, uptake of living material by microalgae, RiS ID 10889

The aim of the project is to study the relative contribution/importance of phagotrophy in microalgae at different seasons in a high Arctic fjord. Ingestion rates of fluorescently marked vivid bacterial cells by microalgal groups will be determined and potentially mixotrophic micralgae will be col...

Awarded: NOK 65,526

Project Period: 2019-2020

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa