MOSAiC - Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate
It was the largest-scale Arctic research expedition of all time: in September 2019 the German research icebreaker Polarstern departed from Tromsø, Norway and, once it had reached its destination, has spend a year drifting through the Arctic Ocean, trapped in the ice. A total of 600 people from 19 countries, who were supplied by other icebreakers and aircraft, participated in the expedition – and several times that number of researchers will subsequently use the data gathered to take climate and ecosystem research to the next level. The mission was spearheaded by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI). More information about the expedtion here. Further map and data products around sea ice come up it soon.
Method
Satellite - AMSR2, AMSR-E (JAXA) SSMIS | GPS Coordinates Polarstern
Data
Daily | resolution 3.125 km
22. August 2019 – actual date
Information
Method Radiometry
hdf-Data University of Bremen (Institute
of Environmental Physics)
geographical coordinates Arctic (HDF) | kmz-Data Arctic
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Method
Satellite - AMSR2, AMSR-E (JAXA) SSMIS | GPS Coordinates Polarstern
Data
daily in comparison to month mean value 2012 and monthly longterm mean | resolution 3.125 km
16. September 2019 – actual date
Information
Method Radiometry
hdf-Data University of Bremen (Institute
of Environmental Physics)
geographical coordinates Arctic (HDF) | kmz-Data Arctic
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Parameter
high-resolution satellite images | Ice concentration | Ice drift
Method
Satellite - Sentinel-1 (FramSat/Drift + Noise, ESA) | AMSR-2 | OSI SAF
Data
Daily | resolution 3.125 km
05. August 2019 – actual date
Information
FTP
Sea ice concentration product
Contact person at the AWI: Dr Robert Ricke
This work has been funded by the Helmholtz Climate Initiative REKLIM (Regional Climate Change), a joint research project of the Helmholtz Association of German research centres.
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Parameter
IceTrack (ice drift, ice concentration, ice thickness, temperature, wind speed, pressure)
Method
Satellite | various types of reanalysis data
Data
14 different drift scenarios for Polarstern
Information
Polarstern drift
Contact person at the AWI: Dr Thomas Krumpen
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Parameter
Floe movements in the ship’s immediate vicinity
Method
Ship radar
Data
up to 4 km
Information
Radar systems
scientific application
Contact person at the AWI: Dr Thomas Krumpen
Contact person at the FMI: Dr Jari Haapala
Parameter
Sea ice drift
Method
Satellite | International operational forecast systems
Data
Sea Ice Drift Forecast Experiment (SIDFEx)
Latest Forecast
SIDFEx Tool
Information
Contact person at the AWI: Dr Helge Goessling
Parameter
Sea Ice
Method
Satellite- und model-based data
Data
Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute in St Petersburg (AARI)
Information
Contact person at the AWI: Dr Thomas Krumpen
Contact person at the AARI: Dr Julia Sokolova (j.sokolova (at) @aari.ru)
Parameter
physical properties of sea ice, snow, and the uppermost ocean
Method
ice teathered platforms - buoys
Information
Contact person at the AWI: Dr Marcel Nicolaus
Parameter
Sea Ice Concentration
Method
Merged satellite data of passive microwave and thermal infrared measurements (AMSR2|GCOM-W1 und MODIS|Aqua)
Data
daily | resolution 1 km
27. August 2019 - actual date
Start region: png | geoTiff
Polarstern: png | geoTiff
Information
Universität Bremen, Institut für Umweltphysik
Research Group "Remote Sensing of Polar Regions"
Contact person at the IUP: Dr Gunnar Spreen
Contact person at the IUP: Valentin Ludwig
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