2002-2003 Science Planning Summary

Principal Investigators

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List projects by Principal Investigator List projects by USAP program List projects by institution List projects by station List projects by event number (digits) List deploying team members
 
PI Last NamePI First NameNSF/OPP Award #Project TitleEvent #
AdrianiAlberto90-17805Study of polar stratospheric clouds by LIDAR AO-107-O
AinleyDavid01-25608Geographic structure of Adelie penguin populations: Demography of population expansion BO-031-O
AlbertMary98-14676U.S. ITASE: Snow and firn microstructure and transport properties IU-155-O
AmslerCharles01-25181The chemical ecology of shallow-water marine macroalgae and invertebrates on the Antarctic peninsula BO-022-L/P
AnandakrishnanSridhar00-86297Characterizing the onset of ice stream flow: A ground geophysical program IO-205-O
ArconeSteven98-14589U.S. ITASE: High resolution radar profiling of the snow and ice stratigraphy beneath the ITASE traverses IU-311-O
AvalloneLinnea98-75829In situ measurements of halogen oxides in the troposphere AO-132-O
AverySusan00-00957Dynamics of the Antarctic MLT (mesosphere-lower-thermosphere) region using ground-based radar and TIMED instrumentation AO-284-O
BalesRoger98-14810U.S. ITASE: Hydrogen peroxide, formaldehyde, and sub-annual snow accumulation in West Antarctica IU-158-O
BaoHuiming01-25842Multiple isotope analyses of soil sulfate and nitrate in the Antarctic Dry Valleys GO-051-O
BartPhilip00-94078CAREER: Relative frequency and phase of extreme expansions of the Antarctic ice sheets during the late Neogene GO-154-O
BergerGlenn99-09665Development of a luminescence dating capability for antarctic glaciomarine sediments: Tests of signal zeroing at the Antarctic Peninsula GO-092-O
BieberJohn98-16129Solar and heliospheric studies with antarctic cosmic ray observations AO-120-M/S
BlanchetteRobert99-09271Investigation on deterioration in the Historic Huts of the Ross Sea region of Antarctica BO-038-O
BowserSamuel00-03639Seasonal dynamics of giant agglutinated foraminifera BO-043-O
ButlerRhettEAR 00-04370Global Seismograph Station: IRIS & USGS/ASL GO-090-P/S
CandeSteve01-26340
01-26334
Improved Cenozoic plate reconstructions of the circum-Antarctic region GO-071-O
CarlstromJohn00-94541DASI (Degree Angular Scale Interferometer) AO-373-O
CastelliniMichael01-30417Effects of foraging on the lipid biochemistry of freely diving Weddell seals BO-199-O
ChereskinTeresa98-16226Shipboard acoustic doppler current profiling on R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer and R/V Laurence M. Gould OO-317-L
ConnellLaurie01-25611Yeasts in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: Biological role, distribution, and evolution BO-019-O
ConwayHoward00-87345Western Divide WAISCORES site selection IO-209-O
CuffeyKurt01-25579Dynamics and climatic response of the Taylor Glacier system IO-161-O
DalzielIan00-03619A GPS network to determine crustal motions in the bedrock of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: Phase I, Installation GO-087-M
DavisRandall99-09422Hunting behavior and energetics of free-ranging Weddell seals BO-017-O
DeVriesArthur99-09841Antifreeze proteins in antarctic fishes: Ecological and organismal physiology, protein structure-function and mechanism, genetics, and evolution BO-005-M
DeshlerTerry99-80594In situ measurements of polar stratospheric clouds, condensation nuclei, and ozone during the austral winter and spring AO-131-O
Detrich, IIIH. William00-89451Structure, function and expression of tubulins, globins, and microtubule-dependent motors from cold-adapted antarctic fishes BO-037-L/P
DoranPeter98-10219McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert BM-042-D
DucklowHugh02-17282Seabird component of LTER (Long Term Environmental Research): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment BP-013-L/P
DucklowHugh02-17282Phytoplankton ecology component of LTER (Long Term Environmental Research): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment BP-016-L/P
DucklowHugh02-17282Zooplankton component of LTER (Long Term Environmental Research): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment BP-028-L/P
DucklowHugh02-17282Bio-optical component of LTER (Long Term Environmental Research): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment BP-032-L/P
DucklowHugh00-87872LTER (Long Term Environmental Research): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment BP-045-L/P
DyeTimothy01-25893Culture emergence and health in Antarctica BO-027-O
EickenHajo0126007Measurements and improved parameterizations of the thermal conductivity and heat flow through first-year sea ice OO-253-O
EjiriMasakiUS-JapanAll-Sky Imager at the South Pole AO-117-O
ElliotDavid00-87919Ferrar basaltic tuff-breccias formed by direct eruption: Evaluating an hypothesis GO-290-O
EmslieSteven99-09274Abandoned penguin colonies in Antarctica BO-034-E
EngebretsonMark99-09212Conjugate and high time resolution studies of ULF waves and magnetospheric dynamics using ground based induction magnetometers at four high latitude manned sites AO-102-M/S
FiringEric98-16226Shipboard acoustic doppler current profiling on RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer and RV Laurence M. Gould OO-315-N
FlemingThomas01-26106Emplacement of the ferrar mafic igneous province: A pilot study of intrusive architecture and flow directions in Southern Victoria Land GO-062-O
FountainAndrew98-10219McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert. BM-042-F
FraserWilliam01-30525Monitoring the effects of tourism and environmental variability on Adelie penguins at Palmer Station, Antarctica BO-198-P
Fraser-SmithAntony01-38126The operation of an ELF/VLF radiometer at Arrival Heights AO-100-O
GaisserThomas99-80801South Pole Air Shower Experiment - 2 (SPASE-2) AO-109-O
GarrottRobert02-25110Patterns and processes: Dynamics of the Erebus Bay Weddell seal population BO-009-O
GordonArnold01-25172ANSLOPE: Cross slope exchanges at the Antarctic slope front OO-215-O
HallBrenda01-24014Millennial-scale fluctuations of Dry Valleys lakes: A test of regional climate variability and the interhemispheric (a)synchrony of climate change. IO-196-M
HallBrenda01-24014AMS Radiocarbon Chronology of Glacier Fluctuations in South Shetland Islands during Glacial/Interglacial Hemicycle: Implications Antarctica's Role in Global Climate Change IO-194-E
HalletBernard97-26139Stability of land surfaces in the Dry Valleys: Insights based on the dynamics of sub-surface ice and sand-wedge polygons GO-053-O
HamiltonGordon98-15510U.S. ITASE: Mass balance and accumulation rate along US ITASE routes IU-178-O
HansenAnthony98-15140Measurement of combustion effluent carbonaceous aerosols in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica OO-314-O
HarveyRalph99-80452The Antarctic search for meteorites (ANSMET) GO-058-O
HernandezGonzalo99-09743High-latitude Antarctic neutral mesospheric and thermospheric dynamics and thermodynamics AO-110-M/S
HofmannGretchen00-87971Evolutionary loss of the heat shock response in antarctic fishes BO-134-O
HofmannDave90-17842South Pole monitoring for climatic change -- U.S. Department of Commerce NOAA climate monitoring and diagnostic laboratory OO-257-O
HofmannDaveNSF/NOAA agreementCollection of atmospheric air for the NOAA/CMDL worldwide flask sampling network OO-264-O
HolzapfelWilliam00-91840ACBAR (Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array) AO-378-O
HuntGeorge02-34570 (SGER)Food web structure across a large-scale ocean productivity gradient: Top predator assemblages in the southern Indian Ocean BO-025-E
InanUmran99-09872ELF/VLF waves at the South Pole AO-106-S
InanUmran00-93381A VLF beacon transmitter at South Pole (2001-2004) AO-108-O
InanUmran99-10565Global thunderstorm activity and its effects on the radiation belts and the lower ionosphere AO-306-P
JacobelRobert98-14574U.S. ITASE: Radar studies of internal stratigraphy and bedrock topography along the traverse IU-133-O
JefferiesStuart00-87541Mapping the sound speed structure of the sun's atmosphere AO-115-O
JeffreyWadeLatitudinal Effects of UVR on bacterioplankton: BRIDE OF TABASCO science of opportunity cruise BO-200-O
JohnsBjornEAR-99-03413University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO) GPS survey support GO-295-O
KanatousShane01-25475Ontogeny of aerobic capacity, lipid metabolism, and elevated myoglobin concentrations in the skeletal muscles of Weddell seals BO-018-O
KeelingRalph95-OkeelA study of atmospheric oxygen variability in relation to annual to decadal variations in terrestrial and marine ecosystems OO-204-O
KelleyScott(none)terra incognita: anvers island and surrounding area WO-221-O
KemeraitRobertNSF/OPP-DoD MOAAFTAC Dry Valley seismic project (Air Force Technical Applications Center) GO-078-O
KimStacy01-26319Community dynamics in a polar ecosystem: Benthic recovery from organic enrichment in the Antarctic BO-010-O
KooymanGerald02-24957 (SGER)Effects of B15 on breeding success of the Cape Crozier emperor penguin colony BO-197-O
KylePhilip98-14921
01-16577 (MRI)
Mount Erebus Volcano Observatory: Gas emissions and seismic studies
Development of integrated seismic, geodetic and volcanic gas surveillance instrumentation for volcanic research
GO-081-O
LaBelleJames00-90545A versatile electromagnetic waveform receiver for South Pole Station AO-128-O
LancasterNicholas00-88136Aeolian processes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica GO-183-O
LanzerottiLouisA continuation of magnetometer data acquisition at McMurdo and South Pole Stations AO-101-M/S
LessardMarc01-32576Measurement and analysis of extremely low frequency (ELF) waves at South Pole Station AO-136-O
LuyendykBruce00-88143Antarctic cretaceous-cenozoic climate, glaciation, and tectonics: Site surveys for drilling from the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf GO-152-O
LyonsW. Berry98-10219McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert. BM-042-L
LyonsW. Berry00-87915Chemical weathering in Taylor Valley streams: Sources, mechanisms and global implications GO-074-O
ManahanDonal01-30398Energetics of protein metabolism during development of Antarctic echinoderms BO-006-O
MarchantDavid98-11877Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to middle miocene global change GO-054-A
MarshBruce98-14332The ferrar magmatic mush column system, Dry Valleys, Antarctica GO-056-O
MartinsonDouglas02-17282Long Term Environmental Research (LTER): Climate migration, ecological response and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment BP-021-L
MayewskiPaul97-25057U.S. ITASE: Science management for the United States component of the International Trans Antarctic Expedition IU-153-A
MayewskiPaul98-11857U.S. ITASE: Glaciochemistry IU-153-B
McConnellJoseph00-87776U.S. ITASE: Deposition of the HFC degradation product trifluoroacetate in antarctic snow and ice IU-323-O
McKnightDiane98-10219McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert. BM-042-M
MeeseDebra99-80434U.S. ITASE: The physical properties of the U.S. ITASE ice cores IU-185-O
MendeSteven98-18086Antarctic Auroral Imaging AO-104-O
MorseRobert99-80474AMANDA 2000 (Antarctic Muon And Neutrino Detector Array) AA-130-O
MullinsJerry02-33246Antarctic mapping, geodesy, geospatial data, satellite image mapping and Antarctic Resource Center management GO-052-M
MurrayAlison00-85435Gene expression in extreme environments: Extending microarray technology to understand life at its limits BO-179-O
MyersJoan(none)A photographic overview of the ongoing human exploration and occupation of Antarctica, the most hostile continent on our planet WO-219-O
NovakGiles01-30389Mapping galactic magnetic fields with SPARO (Submillimeter Polarimeter for Antarctic Remote Observations) AO-376-O
PalinkasLawrence00-90343Prevention of environment-induced decrements in mood and cognitive performance BO-321-M/S
PringleLaurence(none)A nonfiction, illustrated children’s book about the Weddell seal WO-218-O
PriscuJohn98-10219McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert. BM-042-P
RaymondJames00-88000Function and chemical nature of ice-active substances associated with sea ice diatoms BO-001-O
RennePaul01-25194Calibration of cosmogenic argon production rates in Antarctica GO-064-O
RosenbergTheodore00-03881Riometry in Antarctica and conjugate region AO-111-M/S
RosenbergTheodore98-18176Polar Experiment Network for Geophysical Upper-Atmospheric Investigations AO-112-O
RuhlJohn99-80654BOOMERanG (Balloon Observations of Millimetric Extragalactic Radiation and Geophysics): A balloon-borne measurement of polarization in the cosmic microwave background AB-148-O
SandersonColinUniversity of Miami/Dept of Energy-Environmental Measurements Lab, Remote Atmospheric Measurements Program (RAMP) OO-275-O
ScambosTheodore01-25570Characteristics of snow megadunes and their potential effects on ice core interpretation IO-186-O
SidellBruce01-25890Cold body temperature as an evolutionary shaping force in the physiology of antarctic fishes BO-036-L/P
SimsKenneth01-26269U-Series (uranium-series) isotopic constraints on the rates of magma genesis evolution and degassing at Mt. Erebus, Antarctica GO-085-O
SivjeeGulamabas99-09339Effects of enhanced solar disturbances during the 2000-2002 solar-max period on the Antarctic mesosphere-lower-thermosphere (MLT) and F regions composition, thermodynamics and dynamics AO-129-O
SmithWalker00-87401Interannual Variability in the Antarctic Ross Sea (IVARS): Nutrient fields and seasonal productivity II BO-047-O
SprintallJanet00-03618Drake Passage XBT Program OO-260-O
StaceyGordon00-94605Wide-field imaging spectroscopy in the submillimeter: Deploying SPIFI on AST/RO AO-377-O
StarkAntony01-26090AST/RO (Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory) AO-371-O
StearnsCharles01-26262Antarctic Meteorological Research Center (AMRC) OO-202-O
StearnsCharles00-88058Antarctic automatic weather station program: 2001-2004 OO-283-M
SteigEric99-04947U.S. ITASE: Stable isotope studies at West Antarctic ITASE sites IU-193-O
SteppWilliamNASALong duration balloon program (LDB) AB-145-O
SvarneyThomas(none)Frigid Beauty: Weather in Antarctica WO-220-O
TakahashiTaro00-03609Mesoscale, seasonal, and inter-annual variability of surface water carbon dioxide in the Drake Passage OO-214-O
TaylorFrederick01-26472The Scotia Arc GPS Project: Focus on the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands GO-080-L
TrivelpieceWayne99-80641Foraging behavior and demography of pygoscelis penguins BO-040-O
TylerKelly(none)The Lost Men: A book linking modern science and Shackleton’s Ross Sea Party WO-217-O
VirginiaRoss98-10219McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert BM-042-V
WaldenVonWork at Dome C through NASA and the Italian/French program OO-213-M
WallDiana98-10219McMurdo Dry Valleys LTER: The role of natural legacy on ecosystem structure and function in a polar desert BM-042-W
WarrenStephen00-03826Solar radiation on the East Antarctic Plateau OO-201-O
WefelJohnATICATIC Long Duration Balloon Flight (Advanced Thin Ionization Calorimeter) AB-143-O
WiensDouglas99-09603A broadband seismic experiment to investigate deep continental structure across the East-West Antarctic boundary GO-089-M
WilhelmSteven02-28895Viral dynamics and the Southern Ocean iron cycle BO-229-E
WoodsideJames(none)To Paint in Antarctica WO-223-O