Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System
NABOS
— at the Atlantic-Arctic frontier since 2002 —
A decades-long effort to build a cohesive picture of climate change in the marine regions of the Siberian Arctic
Established in 2002, NABOS employs a diverse range of observational methods to understand Arctic climate change. NABOS researchers collaborate with scientists from several different countries, collecting vital information to document and understand climatic changes in the Arctic Ocean. The program also encompasses outreach and education through the support of multiple graduate students and shipboard summer schools. Learn more about NABOS
The Arctic Halocline: A film by Amy Lauren
Join a NABOS oceanographic research expedition across the Arctic Ocean with an international team of scientists collecting data that will help us understand how the Arctic is changing. Narrated by Igor Polyakov, NABOS Chief Scientist and coordinated by the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Visit Amy Lauren's website
About NABOS
NABOS is part of the Arctic Observing Network. NABOS research is funded by the National Science foundation.
Since the early 2000s, the goal of NABOS has been to compile a cohesive picture of climatic changes in the Siberian sector of the Arctic Ocean. NABOS works to understand:
- how boundary currents transport Atlantic Water
- how Atlantic Water interacts with shelf waters, the deep basin interior, the upper ocean, and sea ice
- changes in upper ocean circulation within these basins
Partners with Arctic Observing Network funding
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
- Rowan University, USA
Other partners
- Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
- Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway
- Henriksen Shipping Company, Kirkenes, Norway
- Korea Polar Research Institute, Incheon, Korea
- Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, USA