Ice mass balance buoy network: Coordination with DAMOCLES

Jackie Richter-Menge and Don Perovich

Project status and progress

Ability to attribute change

• 7 buoys deployed• Participated in

• Tara deployment – fall 2006• Tara ice camp – spring 2007

• Preliminary reduction and analysis• Presentations

2006 2007

Coordination and integration plans

A coordinated network of buoys

• Many partners• DAMOCLES• IABP• SIZONET• BGEO• NPEO• CFL• SEDNA• NOAA

• Collocate with atmosphere and ocean sensors• Technology transfer (MetOcean)• Data is available on web page

Sea Level Pressure (hPa)

Surface Air Temperature (°C)

Future directions and 2008

Enhance understanding of ongoing change

• Field effort with DAMOCLES - April 2008• Deploy 3 buoys• Ice characterization

• Data management• Data analysis

• of ice data• combine with atmos/ocean obs.• integrate with

• remote sensing • model results

• Expand network

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2007 Solar ocean heat anomaly 2.1 m!