NOAA Arctic Research

Climate   Ecosystem   Arctic Research Office

What's Happening?

Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA)

The initial Expedition to the Bering And Chukchi Seas (Arctic Ocean) was from July 23 - September 6, 2004. Stemming from a 2003 Memorandum of Understanding for World Ocean and Polar Regions Studies between NOAA and the Russian Academy of Sciences, this cruise was the first activity under the Russian-American Long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA). RUSALCA means mermaid in the Russian language.The cruise objectives for the United States partner were to support the U.S. interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) Program and the NOAA Ocean Exploration Program. NOAA SEARCH is a component of the multi-agency U.S. SEARCH program.

NOAA Arctic Research Projects

• Arctic Report Card 2007
• State of the Arctic Report 2006
• Arctic Change Indicators
• FY 2005-2006 Arctic Project Reports
• FY 2004 Arctic Project Reports
  • A new activity in FY2004 was focused on detection of ecosystem impact of physical climate change in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. The Bering-Chukchi Sea Climate Change Detection Demonstration Project will be aimed specifically at detecting ecosystem change caused by change in the physical climate of the area. The work will be done by NOAA and its academic partners, in association with the Russian Academy of Science. The first assessment of findings will be available in FY2006, after which future program direction will be determined.
• FY2003
  • In FY2003, the Arctic Research Office initiated a new set of projects focused on the Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH). An overview of the intent of the NOAA SEARCH projects is provided in the document "Arctic Climate Observations and Analysis SubProgram". Initial progress reports from each of these projects are available here.

Workshops

NOAA SEARCH Review and Planning Workshop, Boulder, CO, May 17-18, 2004

Announcements of Opportunity

Nothing available at this time.