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MOSAiC Blog: Sights of the Arctic
Editor’s note: Vagner Castro, ARM Mobile Facility lead technician, is traveling with the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign. Castro will be out on the ice for about five months during two separate research legs aboard the German icebreaker R/V Polarstern. Below are photos Castro sent back from the Arctic. …
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MOSAiC Blog: Goodbye and Good Luck, Polarstern
Editor’s note: Janek Uin, an ARM instrument mentor from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, has been traveling for the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign. Uin sent this blog post and picture from the field with contributions from Lauriane Quéléver of the University of Helsinki. Two polar bears…
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MOSAiC Blog: The Drift Has Begun!
Editor’s note: Matt Boyer and Janek Uin, ARM instrument mentors from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, are traveling for the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign. Boyer sent this blog post from the field. This was an incredible day for several reasons. After a few days of cargo…
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MOSAiC Blog: We Found Our Floe!
Editor’s note: Janek Uin, an ARM instrument mentor from Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York, is traveling for the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign. He sent this update from the field. Polar bears navigate the arctic ice. Photo is courtesy of Janek Uin, Brookhaven National Laboratory. We finally…
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MOSAiC Blog: Breaking Bad (Ice)
Editor’s note: Jessie Creamean, a research scientist at Colorado State University, is traveling on the first leg of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign, which started September 20, 2019. Creamean is blogging for ARM about her MOSAiC journey. All photos and captions are by Creamean except where indicated. …
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Winter Hats, Yoga Mats, and a Parka: The Arctic Gear Junkie Sets Sail for the North Pole
Editor’s note: Jessie Creamean, a research scientist at Colorado State University, is participating in the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign. Creamean wrote this blog post before starting her journey toward the central Arctic on September 20, 2019. Jessie Creamean, a research scientist at Colorado State University, is participating…
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Final Steps: MOSAiC Journey About to Begin
On a cloudy September day in Tromsø, Norway, instrument loading takes place on the icebreaker R/V Polarstern ahead of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) field campaign. In mere hours, the German icebreaker R/V Polarstern will head out of Tromsø, Norway, to begin the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic…
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Counting Down to the Launch of Mega-Campaign MOSAiC
Editor’s note: Anjeli Doty of the Los Alamos National Laboratory ARM team sent in this update. Matthew Shupe, MOSAiC’s co-coordinating scientist, discusses how ARM’s ICERAD radiometer suite will measure downwelling shortwave (visible light) and longwave (infrared) radiation during the campaign. In 2008, Shupe studied coupled ice, atmospheric, and ocean systems for six weeks at the…