IARC (NSF) Projects

• Integration/Synthesis

• Carbon Cycle
• Hydrologic Cycle

Theme 1: Arctic Ocean/Sea Ice

• NABOS/CABOS
• Arctic Ocean Model Intercomparison Project (AOMIP)
  • Polar Science Center Hydrographic Climatology
  • The Naval Postgraduate School Arctic Modeling Effort
• Ice-Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
• Multidecadal Variability of the Arctic/North Atlantic Climate System
• Observations and modelling of Dense Water Cascading from the Laptev Sea Shelf

Theme 2: Arctic Atmosphere: Feedbacks, Radiation Weather Analysis

• Arctic Weather Initiative
• Climate Variability in the Arctic
• High-Resolution Strategies for Simulation of Global and Arctic Climate
• Feedbacks Affecting Polar Amplification
• Archival and diagnosis of IPCC model output for the Arctic

Theme 3: Permafrost/Frozen Soil

• Modeling of Frozen Soil Regimes
• Process Studies: Permafrost Observation, Analysis, Interpretation
• Permafrost Modeling and Data Assembly
• Paleoclimate Change
• Evaluation and Diagnosis of Arctic Output of IPCC Simulationis
• CO₂ Measurements: Preparation for the Carbon Cycle

Arctic Biota/Vegetation

• Snow Cover and Biology in the Arctic
• Influence of Arctic Vegetation on the Climate System

IARC (JAMSTEC) Projects

• Ocean Ecosystem Modeling
• Arctic Ocean Models and Observations
• Terrestrial Ecosystem Models and Observations
• Arctic Atmosphere: Weather and Climate Variability, Models & Observations
• Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean-Ice-Ecosystem Models
• Atmosphere/Sea Ice/Ocean/Ecosystem

IARC/JAXA Projects

• IARC-JAXA Information System Research Group
• IARC/JAXA Information System (IJIS)

IARC Visitor Projects

• Multi-Sensor Satellite Detection and monitoring of the Arctic sea-ice
• Study of uncertainty of sea ice albedo in the Arctic in observations and modeling

Other Projects and Groups

• Applied Physics Laboratory 2007 Beaufort Sea Ice Camp (APLIS07)
• Arctic Modeling Group
• Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA)
• International Arctic Buoy Program (IABP)
• Ice Covered Ocean Response To Atmospheric Systems (ICORTAS)
• Mt. McKinley Weather Station
• Modeling study on the reponse of lower trophic level production to climate change
• Sea ice Experiment - Dynamic Nature of the Arctic (SEDNA)
• P-OMIP (Pilot Ocean Model Intercomparison Project)
• Sea Ice Tide - Inertial Interaction
• Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in Alaskan Coastal Communities
• Topo Climate Modeling of Surface Air Temperature