Our project
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We are conducting a field experiment in Barrow, Alaska. (Click here to see a webcam of our site in Barrow!) Significant changes have been observed in the sea ice along the northern coast of Alaska. We are not sure why theses changes are occurring. They could just be changes from year to year, or they could be part of a long-term change in our climate. Our goal is to study these changes. We want to understand how sunlight interacts with the snow, ice, and tundra of the coastal region along the north slope of Alaska. We also wish to establish the seasonal timing of important thermal events like snow melt, sea-ice melt, and the start of freezing in the fall. Barrow has a fascinating and complex environment that includes sea ice, lake ice, lagoons, and tundra. We have experimental sites at each of these locations (see a map of these locations). Air temperatures, ice temperatures, snow depths, and ice thicknesses are measured from November, when the ice is thick enough to walk on, until July. |
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