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SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigating the impact of mechanical stratigraphy on fracture network connectedness (RIS ID: 11585)

This project aims to investigate the presence and distribution of rock fracturing in surface outcrop of the reservoir formations of the Longyearbyen CO2 Lab. By studying the fracturing directly in this rock we will gain insight into two key scientific questions: 1) How are the tectonic processes...

Awarded: NOK 54,302

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Channelling in Adventdalen, RiS ID 11606

This study investigates the wind climate in Adventdalen and Adventfjorden by identifying connections between the above-valley (large-scale) wind and the within-valley wind, both on a climatological scale and for detailed case studies. For the climatological approach, the combined wind density dis...

Awarded: NOK 21,249

Project Period: 2021-2022

Location: Svalbard

GRØNNPLATTFORM-Grønn plattform

Hybride energisystemer på Svalbard og off-grid lokasjoner med "arktiske" utfordringer - Et fornybart alternativ til diesel og kull

Hovedformålet med forprosjektet er å definere et Grønn plattform hovedprosjekt knyttet til hybride energianlegg (energianlegg bestående av ulike teknologier for energiproduksjon og -lagring) på off-grid lokasjoner på Svalbard og andre lokasjoner med arktiske utfordringer. Store Norske, sammen med...

Awarded: NOK 0.30 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2021

Location: Svalbard

REGIONAL-REGIONAL

Framsteg Longyearbyen

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Ground penetrating radar and 3D model acquisition of the Wilhelmøya Subgroup in Eastern Spitsbergen

This project is intended to expand the usage of outcrop digitalisation techniques to compliment contemporary field studies. The acquisition of a GPR survey of the Wilhelmøya Subgroup at Friedrichfjellet in Agardhdalen, will result in a 1.5 km2 state-of-the-art 3D GPR dataset that can be integrate...

Awarded: NOK 70,148

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

3D modelling and interpretation of channels in the Aspelintoppen Formation, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, a facies analysis

This master thesis project aims to create further detailed information of Aspelintoppen Formation, the youngest formation in the Central Tertiary Basin on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, a foreland basin created during the West Spitsbergen Orogeny. The formation is little understood so far, as underlying ...

Awarded: NOK 25,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Glacial Loss and Methane Release from Catchments near Kongsfjorden

Vast amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas (GHG), are stored in subsurface sediments in the Arctic. The estimated size of these reservoirs varies greatly between studies, but it is widely agreed that a release of even a small fraction could contribute significantly to global GHG concentrati...

Awarded: NOK 90,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Neoglacial plateau ice cap behaviour in central Spitsbergen constrained by subglacially preserved vegetation

Concerns about ice retreat and warming climate are gaining importance and tentative modelling of the future is becoming essential. There is then a growing need for studying palaeo-analogues of existing ice bodies in order to better constrain models of future cryospheric response with real data. ...

Awarded: NOK 16,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Svalbard Sand Volcano (SvSV)

The UNIS CO2 Lab (http://co2-ccs.unis.no/) operates the Longyearbyen CO2 Lab (LYB CO2 Lab) in Svalbard. As part of this carbon capture and storage (CCS) pilot programme, several boreholes were drilled in Adventdalen to assess the targeted reservoir and caprock (Braathen et al., 2012; Olaussen et ...

Awarded: NOK 53,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Mapping and dating Holocene advances of Nansenbreen on Erdmannflya, Svalbard

This project is a part of a larger project conducted by Furze and collaborators. Erdmannflya is a peninsula located on the northern coast of Isfjorden, Svalbard. A complex of paleo-glacial moraines located on the northern part of Erdmannflya was formed by Nansenbreen, a surging glacier located to...

Awarded: NOK 20,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

POLARPROG-Polarforskningsprogram

Svalbard biodiversity hotspots: origin, current connectivity, and future importance as source of colonization and genetic diversity

Biodiversity hotspots or arctic oases provide an excellent study system for evolutionary responses to climate change. Such hotspots harbour rare thermophilic survivors from earlier warmer climatic conditions (Alsos et al. 2015) that potentially can expand again under future climate change. Hotspo...

Awarded: NOK 59,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

INTPARTORDNING-INTPARTORDNING

Magnetic pulsations and transients: the Sun-Earth connection and impact on the high latitude ionosphere

The Sun is the major influence on the near-Earth environment. The Earths magnetic field forms a cavity around it called the magnetosphere which protects the Earth from the energy carried by solar particles and magnetic field (the solar wind). At high latitudes, the Earths magnetic field can conne...

Awarded: NOK 2.1 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2026

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Harmonizing Environmental Research and Monitoring of Priority Pollutants in the Svalbard Atmosphere

Pristine Arctic ecosystems are one of the most fragile and fast responding to global environmental changes, thus representing a promising "natural laboratory" for studies on global changes. Most monitoring programs and scientific studies focus on already known contaminants like polychlorinated bi...

Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2020-2023

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Climate change induced shifts in sea ice algae nutrient content: species, community and trophic implications.

Climate change is the major threat affecting Arctic ecosystems, with trends toward increased sea surface temperatures and declining sea ice noted over the past three decades (NOAA, 2018). Sea ice microalgae form an important part of the Arctic food web, contributing up to 50% of primary productio...

Awarded: NOK 68,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Plant communities mediate climate effects on active layer depth

This study will investigate the influence of plant communities dominated by vascular plants vs moss-dominated communities under different climate regimes. As yet we know very little about insulation capacity in these contrasting plant communities. Furthermore, we also do not know which vegetation...

Awarded: NOK 43,405

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

3D modelling and interpretation of paleochannels in the Aspelintoppen Formation, Spitsbergen, Svalbard. RiS-ID 11322

This project focuses on 3D mapping by drones and logging of Aspelintoppen Formation [Fm]. Earlier work has proved mapping to be difficult, since the outcrops have little accessibility. The formation comprises of large flood channels which cannot be mapped precisely using traditional geological fi...

Awarded: NOK 76,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Aerodynamic Surface Roughness of Crevassed Glaciers from UAV Mapping, RiS ID 11148

Sensible and latent heat fluxes will play an increasingly important role in the melt rate of glaciers regarding global warming. Crevasses on glaciers make the surface rougher and thus leading to more turbulence what again is expected to intensify the atmospheric heat exchange. However, energy bal...

Awarded: NOK 28,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

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 66,415

Project Period: 2020-2024

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

The role of vegetation composition in regulation of soil temperature

This fieldwork will compare the insulation capabilities of moss-dominated communities with vascular-plant dominated communities in Svalbard. It is expected that soil temperatures under moss will be lower, due to better insulation efficiency. Lower temperatures promote thicker permafrost. The acti...

Awarded: NOK 49,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Holocene dust and climate change in Adventdalen, Svalbard, RiS ID 11425

Wind-blown dust deposits called loess blanket Adventdalen and comprise a valuable climate, atmospheric dust and permafrost carbon burial archive. However, we currently lack detailed information on the distribution, thickness and timing of deposition of these deposits and no systematic investigati...

Awarded: NOK 47,999

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Igneous complex of Ekmanfjorden: an integrated field, petrological and geochemical study

The distribution and characteristics of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province is still largely debated by the scientific community. In October this year, there was an AGU Chapman conference dedicated to this topic, and leading Arctic experts concluded that more geochemical data, more reliable ag...

Awarded: NOK 79,999

Project Period: 2020-2021

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Data collection for validating the AROME-Arctic Weather Model. RiS ID: 11430

In this project we will collect wind data with a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) instrument for validation of the AROME-Arctic numerical weather prediction (NWP). AROME-Arctic has been run operationally for a region covering the European Arctic, including Svalbard, since late 2015 by the Norw...

Awarded: NOK 31,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Krill CHronobiology in a changing Arctic Sea Ecosystem (KrillCHASE); RIS ID 11368

Biological clocks are central to all living systems providing an innate measure of time so that organisms can anticipate and adapt to cyclic changes in their environment. The circadian clock is synchronized by temporal cues such as daily light/dark cycle or photoperiod. However, the Arctic enviro...

Awarded: NOK 64,565

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Multi-physical Detection of Along-fault CO2 Migration through cap rock shales

On Svalbard, the UNIS CO2 Lab (http://co2-ccs.unis.no/) operates the Longyearbyen CO2 Lab, a pilot-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) research & development (R&D) programme. Several boreholes penetrate the targeted reservoir and top seal (i.e., cap rock), and extensive characterisation of the...

Awarded: NOK 41,023

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Investigation of thermo-mechanical properties of sea ice, RiS ID 11408

The project is focused on the investigation of ice actions on coastal zone in Spitsbergen. In particular the project work includes laboratory experiments and in-situ measurements of deformations of land fast ice caused by changes of the air temperature and freezing of sea water in tidal cracks. T...

Awarded: NOK 48,999

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

Ice algae and meiofauna abundance and biomass in coastal sea ice of Spitsbergen, Svalbard.

Sea ice algae and meiofauna are two key components in Svalbard's ecosystem. Both play a significant role in the short food webs of the cryosphere and are highly sensible to climate warming. Various environmental parameters, including light, water temperature and salinity limit and influence their...

Awarded: NOK 47,224

Project Period: 2020-2022

Location: Svalbard

SSF-Svalbard Science Forum

AUTO: Secrets of success in Saxifraga oppositifolia, RiS ID 11070

In this project I aim to investigate consequences of autopolyploidy on phenotypic variation, with focus on reproductive strategy and reproductive output. I will use the circumpolar, arctic-alpine species Saxifraga oppositifolia (Saxifragaceae), as study system, where two main ploidy levels are kn...

Awarded: NOK 45,547

Project Period: 2020-2020

Location: Svalbard

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

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