Coordination, Data Management and Enhancement of the International Arctic Buoy Programme

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。国际北极浮标计划（IABP）是北极地区最古老的持续运行的环境监测网络之一。该提案是在北极观测网的主持下更新IABP的NSF。本提案的资金将用于浮标的协调、数据管理和部署。IABP的观测对于（1）监测北极和全球气候变化至关重要（北极气候的许多变化是首次使用IABP的数据观察或解释的;包括整个北冰洋的表面温度升高、洋流变化和海冰变薄），（2）预报天气和海冰状况，（3）强迫，全球天气气候模式的同化和验证;（4）海冰运动、表面温度和海冰厚度的卫星估算的验证。将采用空投浮标的新技术，部署将侧重于历史上存在数据空白的地区。目前在国家冰雪数据中心（NSIDC）和国家冰中心（NIC）存档的IABP数据将转移到北极合作数据和信息系统（CADIS），直接支持AON目标。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP) is one of the oldest continuously-operating environmental monitoring networks in the high Arctic. This proposal is for the renewal of NSF of the IABP under the auspices of the Arctic Observing Network (AON). Funds from this proposal will be used for the coordination, data management, and deployment of the buoys. Observations from the IABP are essential for (1) monitoring Arctic and global climate change (many of the changes in Arctic climate were first observed or explained using data from the IABP; including surface temperature increases throughout the Arctic Ocean, changes in ocean currents, and thinning of sea ice), (2) forecasting weather and sea ice conditions, (3) forcing, assimilation and validation of global weather and climate models, and (4) validation of satellite derived estimates of sea ice motion, surface temperature, and sea ice thickness. New technology in air-droppable buoys will be employed, and deployment will emphasize regions where there have historically been data gaps. IABP data, presently archived at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and the National Ice Center (NIC) will be migrated to the Cooperative Arctic Data and Information System (CADIS), in direct support of AON objectives.