NOAA Arctic Capabilities & Resources

Climate

• Atmospheric Observatories
• Sea Ice Thickness Buoys
• Arctic Change Indicators
• Bering & Chukchi Seas Survey (RUSALCA)
• Paleoclimatology
• Arctic Explorations

Ecosystem

• Fisheries Oceanography
• Bering Sea Climate/Ecosystem
• Polar Ecosystems Program
• Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling
• Bering-Chukchi Sea Climate - RUSALCA
• Arctic Change Indicators

Unique NOAA Capabilities

• Ships
• Aircraft
• Satellites
• Observatories
  • Point Barrow Alaska Observatory - long term monitoring programs in greenhouse and other trace gases, atmospheric aerosols, solar radiation variability, stratospheric ozone and meteorological parameters.
  • North Pole Environmental Observatory - a joint National Science Foundation-sponsored effort by the Polar Science Center / APL / UW, the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory / NOAA, the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Oregon State University, and Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.
  • Live North Pole Web Cam - part of the North Pole Environmental Observatory (below).
• Instrumentation
  • ESRL Physical Sciences Division
  • Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory - Buoys and meteorological stations
  • Undersea technologies, such as as undersea manned submersibles and remotely operated vehicles, provided by NOAA's Undersea Research Program (NURP).
• Experienced Scientific Staff
  • NOAA scientists
  • NOAA - University cooperative institutes
  • NOAA Partnerships
  • National Sea Grant Program
• Data Centers
  • National Climatic Data Center
  • National Oceanic Data Center
  • National Geophysical Data Center
  • National Ice Center
  • National Snow and Ice Data Center
• Underseas Capability
  • National Undersea Research Program (NURP)
  • NURP West Coast and Polar Regions Center
• Outreach
  • Live North Pole Web Cam
  • Alaska Sea Grant Outreach
  • Alaska Sea Grant
  • National Sea Grant Program
  • National Undersea Research
  • Program Outreach and News from the National Undersea Research Program
  • NOAA Arctic Theme Page
  • NOAA Bering Sea Climate and Ecosystem
  • NOAA/PMEL North Pacific Ocean Theme Page
  • NOAA Educational Resources
  • NOAA Ocean Exploration Office
  • NOAA Public Affairs
• Partnerships