Ice mass balance buoy network: Coordination with DAMOCLES
Jackie Richter-Menge and Don Perovich
Project status and progress
Ability to attribute change
• 7 buoys deployed• Participated in
• Tara deployment – fall 2006• Tara ice camp – spring 2007
• Preliminary reduction and analysis• Presentations
2006 2007
Coordination and integration plans
A coordinated network of buoys
• Many partners• DAMOCLES• IABP• SIZONET• BGEO• NPEO• CFL• SEDNA• NOAA
• Collocate with atmosphere and ocean sensors• Technology transfer (MetOcean)• Data is available on web page
Sea Level Pressure (hPa)
Surface Air Temperature (°C)
Future directions and 2008
Enhance understanding of ongoing change
• Field effort with DAMOCLES - April 2008• Deploy 3 buoys• Ice characterization
• Data management• Data analysis
• of ice data• combine with atmos/ocean obs.• integrate with
• remote sensing • model results
• Expand network
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2007 Solar ocean heat anomaly 2.1 m!
