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UK Marine Science in Svalbard
Finlo Cottier
Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
[email protected]
and representing
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
NERC Activities in the Arctic
•Harland Huset (BAS)
ecology, glaciology,
geomorphology, hydrology,
atmospheric chemistry
•IPY: 2 major marine projects
Arctic Synoptic Basin-wide Oceanography
Dynamics of Gas Hydrates in Polar Marine Environments
•Oceans 2025 (Core research programme)
Marine ecosystem modelling
Satellite algorithms for sea ice classification
Water mass transformation and tidal studies
Multi-parameter Arctic time series
NERC Activities in the Arctic
•Current and Future Developments
•Polar Sciences Working Group:
“The NERC strategy and the UK national interest
favour an increase in Arctic science”
•MoU with Arctic Nations: Canada (2008)
Shared access to logistics in Arctic and Antarctic
•Ship time: James Clark Ross
•Supports SIAEOS
SAMS
Kongsfjorden
2002-05: EU/NERC (UK)
2005-08: RCN (MariClim)
2008-09: NERC (UK)
2009-xx: NERC
Map Source: NPI
Mooring Site
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Scientific Role
TIME SERIES of marine variability
•Diurnal – Interannual
•Multiparameter variability
PROCESS STUDIES of interactions
•Atmos/Ice/Ocean/Bio/Geo
•Link biotic responses to abiotic forcing
BACKGROUND data
•Sited in Ny Ålesund research locality
•Gives a context to snapshot observations
Temperature Time Series
Mean Temperature 2002-08
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Regional Integration
Marine Observatory in SIAEOS
MAINTAIN
•Continuation of existing operation
•Banking and access to existing datasets
•Continue cross-disciplinary applications
EXPAND
•Effective coordination of observatory activity
•Technological developments
•Increase the range of parameters
INTEGRATE
•Linkage with new marine experiments
•Hub in network of Svalbard marine activity
•Data distribution to community