Collaborative Research: North Pole Station: A Distributed Long-Term Observatory

北极环境观测站的目的是帮助跟踪和了解北极环境的持续变化，并通过为其他极地科学和气候调查提供数据和基础设施资源，增加北极长期环境数据的可用性。 NPEO最初成立于2000年，包括一个固定在海冰上的浮标自动漂流站、一个海洋系泊装置和空中水文测量。北极是进行长期测量的绝佳地点。 在罗蒙诺索夫海脊侧翼附近，它已被证明是上层海洋锋面结构变化和沿海脊沿着流动的大西洋水变化的敏感地点。北极探险的历史提供了海洋和海冰观测的基准。在北极部署漂流站填补了国际北极浮标计划（IABP）漂流浮标覆盖范围的地理空白。时间序列观测的冰厚度提供了一个独特的措施海冰的跨极漂移。航空水文测量到达了其他手段难以到达的关键地区，NPEO观测对于了解北极环境变化对生态系统、土著社区和整个社会的影响是必要的。NPEO通过为北极中部的研究活动提供基本的基础设施和数据来加强研究基础设施。

The purpose of the North Pole Environmental Observatory (NPEO) is to help track and understand ongoing changes in the arctic environment, and to increase the availability of long-term environmental data in the Arctic by providing a data and infrastructure resource for other polar science and climate investigations. NPEO was first established in 2000 and includes an automated drifting station of buoys fixed to the sea ice, an ocean mooring, and airborne hydrographic surveys. The North Pole is an excellent location for long-term measurements. Near the flank of the Lomonosov Ridge, it has proven to be a sensitive site for changes in upper ocean frontal structure and changes in the Atlantic water flowing along the ridge. A history of expeditions to the North Pole provides a benchmark of ocean and sea ice observations. The drifting station deployment at the North Pole fills a geographic gap in drifting buoy coverage of the International Arctic Buoy Program's (IABP). Time series observations of ice thickness there provide a unique measure of sea ice in the Transpolar Drift. The airborne hydrographic surveys reach critical areas that are difficult to reach by other means.NPEO observations are necessary to understand the impacts of a changing Arctic environment on ecosystems, indigenous communities and society at large. NPEO enhances the infrastructure for research by providing basic infrastructure and data for research activities in the central Arctic.