Beaufort
Gyre Freshwater Experiment (WHOI)
- Andrey
Proshutinsky of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute is the principle
investigator for the Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment: A study
of fresh water accumulation and release mechanism and a role of
fresh water in Arctic climate variability.
Three
ASL 420kHz Ice Profiler will provide information about sea ice draft. A fourth one will
be added in 2005.
Monterey
Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
- A custom
version of the Ice Profiler will be mounted on the MBARI AUV and used to measure ice draft
while the AUV is underway underneath the ice. Deployment was in
the Arctic. The Ice Profiler will be used to produce scientific quality ice draft measurements
and also to locate appropriate locations for the launch of the
AUV data transfer buoys which will transmit data via the ARGOS
satellite.
Marathon
Oil/EXXON
- To support
the design and operational planning for offshore oil and gas activities
off the northeastern coast of Sakhalin Island in the Russian Federation,
an ongoing program of ice keel draft and ice velocity measurement
is being conducted. The program was expanded to include Ice Profiler derived wave measurements.
Institute
of Ocean Sciences (IOS)
- Originally
developed by IOS (Dr. Humfrey Melling) in collaboration with ASL, an updated version
of the Ice Profiler has been used to obtain ice data from
the Beaufort Sea.
Bedford
Institute of Oceanography
- As part
of a study on the effects of ice forces on the Confederation
Bridge between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick.
University
of Hawaii
- For scientific
research in Antarctica examining ice draft, presence or absence
of ice in conjunction with sediment studies.
University
of Hokkaido
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Scientific
research studies in Antarctic shelf areas.
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