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POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

ARCtic Ocean Mixing: Influence of changing ice cover on internal waves and mixing

The proposal is motivated by recent findings showing i) the sensitivity of Arctic Ocean circulation to background deep-ocean diapycnal mixing and ii) enhancement of near-inertial internal wave activity and induced mixing in the absence of sea ice. Mixi ng in the stratified ocean is related to ...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Terrestrial Invertebrate Fauna of Svalbard Workshop

? Build personal acquaintances between scientists working at disparate institutions. ? Coordinate future invertebrate research. ? Visit to the research facilities available at the Svalbard Science Centre and in Barentsburg. A briefing on the facilities in Ny-Ålesund will also be presented. ?...

Awarded: NOK 0.46 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian and Russian Upper Atmosphere Co-operation On Svalbard part 2

The scientific objectives as stated by NORUSCA including multi-site* spectral observations of aurora and airglow, morphology and temporal dynamics in context of ionospheric convection, and real time exchange of data during radar and rocket campaigns are a ll items that will be addressed by this a...

Awarded: NOK 1.00 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Study of non-linear phenomena in the polar ionosphere induced by the SPEAR heating facility

Awarded: NOK 0.72 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

The influence of climate change on distribution and deposition processes for persistent organic pollutants on Svalbard

Based upon an initiative of an already ongoing scientific exchange and research program (NorthPOP: 185104/S50) a research project is planned to foster and harmonize the scientific co-operation between the Russian and Norwegian research activities in envir onmental chemistry on Svalbard. As priori...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Physical-mechanical properties of sea ice and influence of ice cover on hydrology of Svalbard fjords

The project is related to the development of network cooperation between Norwegian and Russian institutes in the field of sea ice research. The project contributes to the development of research infrastructure for the study of sea ice properties in the fi eld and laboratory conditions. We plan to...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2010-2013

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Arctic in Rapid Transition -ART initiation workshop

We apply for funding of the Arctic in Rapid Transition (ART) Initiation workshop. The ART initiation workshop will develop a full science and implementation plan to fulfil the task given the ICARP II Marine Roundtable on integrating, updating and developi ng priorities for Arctic marine science f...

Awarded: NOK 0.16 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Benthic biodiversity ? function and toxicology of selected key Arctic organisms

The proposed project is a cooperation network between the Norwegian institutes Akvaplan-niva and University Centre on Svalbard and the Russian institutes Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography (PINRO) and Murmansk Marine B iological Institute (MMBI). The programm...

Awarded: NOK 0.59 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Geological mapping and regional geological investigations in Nordaustlandet, NE Svalbard.

The Norwegian Polar Institute and the Polar Marine Geological Research Expedition (PMGRE) in St. Petersburg, Russia, are planning a three year (2007-2009) joint geological mapping program in Nordaustlandet (NE Svalbard). Geological field work in this remo te and inaccessible area is logistically ...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

A comparison of data from atmospheric research stations at Summit, Greenland, and Zeppelin, Svalbard

Researchers from the U.S. and Norway have recently started an informal collaboration to share re-sources used to interpret atmospheric chemistry data and exploit data together from the Summit, Greenland and Zeppelin, Svalbard stations (Sjostedt et al., 20 06; Stohl et al., 2006). SUMSVAL shall st...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Akershus

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Diet and Reproductive Output in Arctic Molluscs: the Importance of Ice Algae and Phytoplankton (DREAM)

Algae that are associated with the arctic sea ice (ice algae) can constitute a significant fraction of total primary production, and play a fundamental role in polar ecosystems. The recently documented reduction of ice coverage may result in a significant shift in the relative contributions of i...

Awarded: NOK 0.87 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Bridge Building NERSC - SIO -WHOI

Acoustic tomography is a cost effective method for obtaining time series of unique, synoptic and horizontally averaged oceanographic depth profiles at a high temporal resolution, which can be tailored and implemented in any ocean area including deep and i ce covered oceans. Today, acoustic tomogr...

Awarded: NOK 0.80 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2009

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Planetary Boundary Layer Feedbacks Affecting the Polar Amplification of Arctic Climate Change in Seasonal Ice Zone

Studies based on observations, climate modelling and paleo-data have revealed a strong polar amplification (PA) of climate sensitivity in the Arctic. By contrast to the mean global temperature, which has increased by less than 1 degree during the past 100 years, the mean temperature in Longyearb...

Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2011

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian-Russian Collaboration on Fast Ice Growth and Decay in Kongsfjorden and Grønfjorden (Svalbard)

We propose a combined observational and numerical study of atmosphere - sea ice - ocean interactions in Kongsfjorden and Grønfjorden by analyzing the processes driving the growth and decay of fast ice in this area in the seasons 2006/2007 and 2007/2008. A dditionally, we aim at fast ice scenario ...

Awarded: NOK 0.60 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2010

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian-Russian joint analysis and inter-calibration of climate observations and sensors within the IPY cluster project ARCDIV.NET

The Arctic climate is warming and its changes affect the whole physical climate system. The regional patterns of temperature, declining snow cover and increasing precipitation are modulated by natural modes of the atmospheric circulation. These are also k ey driving forces that govern arctic biot...

Awarded: NOK 0.84 mill.

Project Period: 2007-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian-Russian glaciological activity on Austfonna Ice Cap, Svalbard

Russian scientists from Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences (IGRAS), Moscow, have been involved in glaciological research in Svalbard since end of 1960ies through former Soviet projects. On Austfonna Ice cap they carried out field investig ation in mid 1970ies both with ice core d...

Awarded: NOK 0.51 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Current measurements north of Svalbard - An extension of the North Pole Environmental Observatory

The project consists of three parallell activities: technical capacity building, joint scientific studies and exchange of personell. The activies are built around the use of expendable current profiling in combination with other technologies to address ke y scientific issues. A capability for oce...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Norwegian and Russian Upper Atmosphere Co-operation On Svalbard

During the Norwegian - Russian research seminar organized by the Norwegian research council and the Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromsø 9 - 10 March 2006, group 4 with members associated to upper atmospheric research on Svalbard compiled a list of actions to be taken in order to increase the coo...

Awarded: NOK 0.76 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

A Lagrangian study of pathways and mixing of Arctic and Atlantic waters in the Norwegian Sea. Part II: Analysis and Synthesis

Scientists at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) and at the University of Rhode Island (URI) have completed a 4 years long collaborative field project in the Nordic Seas. The circulation of the Atlantic Water (AW) and the Arctic Intermediate Water (AIW) have been studied using acoust...

Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2006-2009

Location: Vestland

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

ASSW - Arctic Science Summit Week 2009

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Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2009-2009

Location: Vestland

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Ocean Acidification in the Arctic: effects of ice

CARSIC will develop basic knowledge through studies related to process understanding of Arctic Ocean biogeochemistry and ocean acidification: aiming to estimate future carbonate system parameters state in the Arctic Ocean. We plan to work on a database, perform field studies in Svalbard, and ma...

Awarded: NOK 0.79 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2015

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Kartlegging av norsk polarforskning 2011

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Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2011-2012

Location: Oslo

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Timing of ecological processes in Spitsbergen fjords - SpitsEco

Through the ARCTOS network (http://www.arctosresearch.net/), Norwegian and Russian scientist has developed a successful long lasting collaboration. Russian scientists and PhD students has participated in a number of projects such as PanAME (IPY project 26 ), Cleopatra (NFR funded 2007-2011), and ...

Awarded: NOK 0.90 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2018

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Life history traits of copepods in a changing Arctic (RiS ID 6168)

Zooplankton communities of northern higher latitudes are dominated by large calanoid copepods of the genus Calanus spp. They are well adapted to the environment in which they live, making them indicators of factors that influence the health and productivi ty of marine ecosystems. Calanus spp. are...

Awarded: NOK 34,999

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Fieldwork to determine genetic adaptation of Arctic charr to changing polar climate (RiS ID 6210)

The field grant for the FieldCharr project will be used to investigate the adaptation of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), to the extreme polar environment through the study of genetics. As the only Arctic polar freshwater fish species, Arctic charr serv e as an important model in which to inves...

Awarded: NOK 20,125

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Oslo

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

The Permian Strata of Svalbard (Support for event)

Several international research groups have been independently working on various geological issues connected to the Permian Strata of Svalbard in recent years. "The Permian Strata of Svalbard" is an international, multidisciplinary workshop intended to br ing together these diverse scientists and...

Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2013-2013

Location: Troms - Romsa - Tromssa

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Demography of geographical range limits of tundra plants in a changing climate, RiS ID 6174

This project will add to an existing study of the geographical ranges limits of a key climate indicator species, the tundra cushion plant Silene acaulis, across its latitudinal range in Europe. Existing sites from Sweden to Spain reach the southern range limit of the species, but adding sites i...

Awarded: NOK 21,505

Project Period: 2013-2014

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Glacier surges: controls, processes, distributions

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Awarded: NOK 40,019

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Meroplankton seasonality and trophic interactions

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Awarded: NOK 30,549

Project Period: 2012-2012

Location: Svalbard

POLRES-Polarforskning POLRES

Meltwat. refreez. in the active layer of the accum. zone at Nordenskoldbreen: therm. regime, stratigraphy and dens. as major contr. on the p

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Awarded: NOK 28,999

Project Period: 2012-2013

Location: Svalbard

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