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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Flux seasonality, drivers and wind-speed parameterisation of the gas transfer velocity in an Arctic fjord: Sea-air CO2 exchange in Isfjorden

In this study we want to present the first direct (Eddy Covariance method) air-sea CO2 exchange time series from an arctic fjord in Svalbard. Direct continuous measurements of air-sea CO2 exchange are the key to understand how the flux varies in time and space. In addition to land-based flux me...

Awarded: NOK 12,681

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Seasonal variability in glacial meltwater and sea-air CO2 fluxes in Tempelfjorden, Svalbard (RiS ID 10662)

Observations of retreating glaciers point to the need of understanding how glaciers affect the physical and biogeochemical processes that influence the marine carbon cycle. Tempelfjorden is influenced by a tidewater glacier that has undergone dramatic changes recently. This is a unique opportunit...

Awarded: NOK 68,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Snow mechanical properties and risk of avalanche triggering derived from measures of snow penetration resistance (RiS ID 10685)

We use modern snow penetration gauges for the quantification of physical properties of snow relevant for avalanche triggering. Field studies including classical snow measurements are performed around Longyearbyen contributing to the local avalanche forecast. The study involves snow pits, stabilit...

Awarded: NOK 12,049

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

3D thermo-baric modelling of central Spitsbergen: implications for gas hydrate occurrence and geothermal potential. (RiS ID 10633)

I plan to conduct complementing electrical resistivity tomography and ground-penetrating radar surveys in order to constrain and verify a model of the subsurface temperature conditions within central Spitsbergen. The modelling of the subsurface temperature conditions forms the backbone of my MSc ...

Awarded: NOK 56,785

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Microbial community development during the glacial-proglacial ecosystem transition, RiS ID 10645

Glacial ice is rapidly disappearing and, as glaciers are not in balance with the current climate, the shrinkage will continue even without further temperature rise. As a result, new habitats exposed by glacial retreat (called 'proglacial') are rising in both number and size. These habitats are co...

Awarded: NOK 28,158

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Neoproterozoic Stratigraphy and Provenance of Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Southwest Terrane, Spitsbergen, RiS ID 10684

This collaborative project between Dartmouth College and Norsk Polarinstitutt aims to test the hypothesis that the metasedimentary strata on Wedel Jarlsberg Land, Svalbard, record two Neoproterozoic global glaciation events - the ca. 635 Ma Marinoan and ca. 579 Ma Gaskiers glaciations. We will te...

Awarded: NOK 75,666

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

COLLECTION OF STRUCTURAL AND SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA AT SARSTANGEN

I will write my MSc. thesis on the evolution of the Forlandsundet Basin. Thereby focusing on structural and sedimentological features in the outcrops of the Sarstangen area. In the field I plan to: - Obtain structural data from faults and fractures to better constrain the movement history along ...

Awarded: NOK 45,915

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Holocene history of Svalbard ice caps and glaciers RiS ID 10122

The project aims to reconstruct Holocene (i.e. last 11.700 years) ice cap and glacier variations on Svalbard, using threshold lake sediment records. Threshold lake sediment cores are excellent for this because they contain glacial on/off signals (changes between organic and minerogennic sediments...

Awarded: NOK 68,218

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Proglacial icing Foxfonna: chemical characteristics and source of water, RiS ID 10642

The project aims to determine the source of water feeding the icing adjacent to Foxfonna, Svalbard. Ice cores from the icing and water samples taken during the winter and summer will be analysed chemically. Additionally GPR surveys will be performed during the accumulation season and dye tracing ...

Awarded: NOK 35,445

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Imaging Subglacial Conditions in 3D

This project aims to image the subglacial conditions and bed topography of glaciers in Svalbard using a 3D ground penetrating radar survey. This will result in the ability to identify basal features which are fundamental to subglacial hydrology and basal drag, however are not resolvable using tra...

Awarded: NOK 63,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Identifying the permafrost isotopic signal and assessing permafrost freezing age by radionuclides

We use Radium isotopes to assess the freezing age of the pore-ice water. Because of the effort required to extract sufficient amounts of pore-ice water, and due to the expected low activity (concentration), we use ratios of different Radium isotopes. These ratios can serve as a unique signal of t...

Awarded: NOK 72,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Towards modelling carbon uptake in permafrost soils, RiS ID: 10689

The project aims to produce a field data set of soil carbon profiles in the area around Ny-Ålesund, covering a wide range of environmental conditions. The data set extracted from this "natural laboratory" on Svalbard will become a cornerstone of the PhD work of the applicant which is dedicated to...

Awarded: NOK 58,999

Project Period: 2017-2017

Location: Oslo

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Characterise and identify the glacigenic sediments in lake sediments at Vårfluesjøen, derived from subpolar glaciers in the Arctic

Data sets and time series are limited from the high-Arctic and is therefore urgently needed in order to understand past climate fluctuations and the natural climate variability in the Arctic. Glaciers are excellent indicators of past climate and can help us to better understand the natural climat...

Awarded: NOK 77,999

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Vestland

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Plant biomass workshop in Svalbard (SvalbardBiomass)

ArcticBiomass was a Norway-USA network (RCN 227064) project funded by the Research Council of Norway (http://www.nina.no/english/Research/Projects/ArcticBiomass). The main objectives of this project were to establish a joint American-Norwegian research team dealing with research on the combinatio...

Awarded: NOK 0.23 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2018

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

INTPART-International Partnerships for Excellent Education and Research

Changes at the Top of the World through Volcanism and Plate Tectonics: Norwegian-Russian-North American Arctic research and education

NOR-R-AM-prosjektet samler forskere fra Norge, Russland, USA og Canada som vil bygge en kunnskapsplattform for å vurdere hva vi vite om arktisk geologi. Vår hoved prosjekt resultater er: 1) Vi har utviklet ny Master/PhD UNIS kurset (AG-851/351: Arctic Tectonics and Volcanism) og vi vill fortsett...

Awarded: NOK 4.5 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2019

Location: Oslo

STIM-EU-Strat.Instituttsats.EU-prosj

STIM-EU Norges geologiske undersøkelse

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Awarded: NOK 5.8 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2021

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

IS-DAAD-Forskerutveksl. Norge-Tyskland

Testing trigger mechanisms for mass failures along the Northeast Atlantic margin

In 2025 about 3 Billion people will live within 100 km of the coast (United Nations 1996). The dramatic increase in coastal populations along with new ventures in offshore human activities as a response to the growing demand on resources set new challenges to the assessment and mitigation of mari...

Awarded: NOK 47,040

Project Period: 2016-2018

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Upstream bias correction and hybrid downscaling of GCM data for climate projections in Norway

Realistic climate modelling and projections are essential in informing decision making and research agendas. However, today's global climate models (GCMs) are typically run on resolutions as low as 100km x 100km, far from sufficient to resolve local-scale features in complex terrain such as in we...

Awarded: NOK 0.28 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2018

Location: Vestland

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

Filtering techniques and numerical solutions related to image enhancement and automatized geological interpretation of seismic data

Seismisk refleksjonsdata har blitt brukt i oljeindustrien siden midten av 1950-tallet. Seismiske refleksjoner representerer endringer i hastighet og/eller tetthet i jordas indre, og geologer tolker disse refleksjonene for å lage kart og slik bedre forstå den geologiske utviklingen i et område, so...

Awarded: NOK 1.7 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2019

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Collaborative Earth System Model development and intercomparison on permafrost processes (CoMIP)

The ESM representation of permafrost processes has limited representation of permafrost thaw related processes, which hamper accurate projections of global carbon cycling and climate feedback cycles within the current and future climate system. The land surface model of the NorESM, CLM, has been...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2017

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Solar effects on natural climate variability in the North Atlantic and Arctic

Selv om det er sterke bevis for at globale klimaendringer i hovedsak skyldes økte utslipp av klimagasser, er det fortsatt knyttet stor usikkerhet til bidragene fra naturlige klimavariasjoner. Sistnevnte inkluderer solens 11-årige syklus som kan påvirke temperaturen regionalt, selv uten å påvirke ...

Awarded: NOK 9.5 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2022

Location: Akershus

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Developing and advancing Seasonal Predictability of Arctic Sea ice

Det overordnede målet for SPARSE er å undersøke om mer nøyaktig og pålitelig informasjon om havis vil forbedre prediksjon for arktisk havis på sesongmessige tidsskalaer. Vi bruker tre forskjellige metoder for å utforske dette spørsmålet: 1) ved å bruke den regionale koblede is-havmodellen (ROMS-C...

Awarded: NOK 9.9 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2021

Location: Oslo

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

Numerical modelling of the topographic response of subduction initiation

Kollisjoner av tektoniske plater viser noen av de mest fantastiske eksemplarer av verdens topografi sånne som Alpene, Himalaya og Pyreneene, og samtidig hotspots av seismiske aktiviteter. Disse kollisjons/subduksjons soner kan også gi endringer i topografien rundt disse aktive kollisjonene. Topog...

Awarded: NOK 1.3 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Moisture dynamics and carbon sequestration in boreal soils

Klodens største landbaserte karbonlager finner vi i jord hvor det er minst tre ganger så mye karbon som i levende planter og mer enn dobbelt så mye karbon som i atmosfæren. Karbonbinding i jord er derfor en viktig økosystemtjeneste med globale klimavirkninger. Det meste av klodens jordkarbon befi...

Awarded: NOK 9.3 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2022

Location: Akershus

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Pliocene Arctic Climate Teleconnections

Formålet med INDNOR-PACT «Pliocene Arctic Teleconnection» prosjektet er å studere klimavariasjoner i Polhavet gjennom pliosen, med særlig fokus på den midt-pliosene varmefasen som varte fra 3.2 til 3.0 millioner. Det er påvist at klimaendringer i Polhavet, og særlig reduksjon av sjø isen de siste...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2021

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Thresholds for destabilizing thermohaline circulation and ocean carbon cycling in a warmer world.

Er jordens klima på vei mot å krysse farlige grenseverdier som kan forårsake smelting av det Grønlandske isdekket eller plutselige endringer i havsirkulasjonen («Golfstrømmen») som vil påvirke Norges klima? Ved hjelp av marine sedimentkjerner fra dyphavet hentet gjennom toktdeltagelse i Internati...

Awarded: NOK 7.7 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Vestland

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Quantifying climate Impacts of Future Forest management strategies in Norway

Hvilken rolle kan norsk skog spille en rolle som klimatiltak? Globale utslippsbaner konsistente med å holde global oppvarming til under 1.5°C og 2°C relativt til før-industriell tid inkluderer store mengder land-baserte klimatiltak og arealbruksendringer, med ulik grad og kombinasjon av skogplan...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2022

Location: Oslo

KLIMAFORSK-Stort program klima

Permafrost landscapes in transformation - from local-scale processes to the global model NorESM

I arktiske og sub-arktiske strøk finnes det enorme områder som er dominert av permafrost. Denne frosne jorda fungerer som en gigantisk fryser som bevarer store menger organisk materiale fra nedbrytning. Allerede nå ser vi at permafrosten tiner i mange områder, og klimaendringer vil sannsynligvis ...

Awarded: NOK 10.0 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Oslo

FRINATEK-Fri prosj.st. mat.,naturv.,tek

Unravelling the spatio-temporal nature of rock deformation using 4D X-ray tomography

Bergartene i den ca. 30 kilometer tykke jordskorpen deformeres sakte, for eksempel under dannelsen og innsynkning av hydrokarbonførende bassenger, eller veldig fort, som under jordskjelv. Slike deformasjoner kontrollerer hvor porer og sprekker skapes i jorden og hvordan væsker kan sirkulere i ber...

Awarded: NOK 9.1 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2020

Location: Oslo

NAERINGSPH-Nærings-phd

Modelling and removal of time-varying sea-surface and overburden effects in multicomponent data

I Elsas industrielle doktorgradsoppgave vil arbeidet bli delt i 3 faser. I den første fasen vil hun generalisere tidsdomene integralligningen til også å inkludere overflaterefleksjonen på kildesiden (kilde-ghost), og bygge en hvilken som helst orden av overflatemultipler fra mottaker-ghost og de ...

Awarded: NOK 1.6 mill.

Project Period: 2016-2019

Location: Oslo

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