Flagship leader: Arild Sundfjord, Norwegian Polar Institute, arild.sundfjord@npolar.no
Sea ice, ecosystems and models
SOLICE: Developing Modelling Tools to Understand the Role of Solar Radiation to Sea Ice Mass Balance in a Seasonally Ice Covered Arctic
Project leader: Mats Granskog, mats.granskog@npolar.no
Participating institutions: NPI, MET, UoT, ApN, FMI, CRREL, AWI
Long-term variability and trends in the Atlantic water inflow region (ATWAIN)
Project leader: Vladimir Pavlov, vladimir.pavlov@npolar.no
Participating institutions: NPI, IMR, UNIS, UoT, IOPAS, WHOI
Mesoscale modeling of ice, ocean and ecology of the Arctic Ocean
Project leader: Tore Hattermann, tore.hattermann@akvaplan.niva.no
Participating institutions: ApN, IMR, NPI, SINTEF, MET
Ecosystem modeling of the Arctic Ocean around Svalbard (ArctisMod)
Project leader: Pedro Duarte, pedro.duarte@mpolar.no
Participating institutions: NPI, ApN, NIVA, UoT
Driving forces and development of new industry
Drivers for Arctic shipping: Transport alternatives, demand for minerals, and supply and demand of Russian icebreakers
Project leader: Eirik Mikkelsen, Eirik.Mikkelsen@norut.no
Participating institutions: NORUT, FNI, ApN, Capia, UAF
Regimes for sustainable management
A-LEX: Regulating Arctic Shipping – Political, technological and environmental challenges
Project leader: Tore Henriksen, tore.henriksen@uit.no
Participating institutions: UoT, MarinTek, ApN
Technology
Ice floe interaction with ships and waves – IfiSaw
Project leader: Karl Gunnar Aarsæther, Karl.Gunnar.Aarsather@sintef.no
Participating institutions: SINTEF, UoT, TO, Opilio Inc. Arctic Ocean
Abbreviations:
ApN: Akvaplan-niva Inc.; AU: Aarhus University; AWI: Alfred Wegener Institute; BC: Bates College; BedIn: Bedford Institute; Bioforsk: Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research; BOS: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science; BS: The Bjerknes Centre; CEBC: Centre d`Etudes Biologiques de Chizé; Cedre: Centre of Documentation, Research and Experimentation on Accidental Water Pollution; CRRL: Control/Robotics Research Laboratory (NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering); CRRLU: Columbia River Research Laboratory USA; CU: Clemson University; DTU: Technical University of Denmark; DU: Dalhousie University; EC: Environment Canada; FMFI: County governor of Finnmark; FMI: Finnish Meteorological Institute; FNI: Fridtjof Nansen Institue; FOC: Fisheries and Oceans Canada; FSU: Florida State University; JAMSTEC: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology; IDAEA-CSIC: Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research – Spanish Council for Scientific Research; IMR: Institute of Marine Research; INEP – RAS: Institute of North Industrial Ecology Problems – Russian Academy of Sciences; IOPAS: Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences; LCED: Lapland Centre for Economic Development; MarinTek: The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute; MCBR: Murmansk Country Birth Registry; MET: The Norwegian Meteorological Institute; MU: Massey University; NEI: Northern and environmental issues; NFLI: The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, NGU: Geological Survey of Norway; NHS: Natural Heritage Services; NINA: Norwegian Institute for Nature Research; NIKU: The Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research; NILU: Norwegian Institute for Air Research; NIVA: Norwegian Institute for Water Research; NMBU: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; Nofima: The Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research; NORUT: Northern Research Institute; NPC: The Northwest Public Health Researcher Center; NPI: Norwegian Polar Institute; NRPA: Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority; NULS: Norwegian University of Life Sciences; NTNU: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; NVH: Norwegian School of Veterinary Science; PINRO: Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography; RU: Ryerson University; SINTEF: The Company for Industrial and Technological Research; SIO: Scripps Institution of Oceanography; SRCES RAS: Scientific Research Center for Ecological Safety – Russian Academy of Sciences; TECABN: Transport and the Environment County Administrative Board of Norrbotten; TM: Tromsø Municipality; TO: Troms Offshore; TRFM: Tana River Fisheries Management; UAF: University of Alaska; UB: University of Burgundy; UCL: University College of London; UoA: University of Antwerpen; UoAa: University of Aalborg; UoB: University of Bergen; UoC: University of California; UoCo: University of Copenhagen; UNIS: The University Centre in Svalbard; UoG: University of Gent; UoGo: University of Gothenburg; UoH: University of Hokkaido; UoJ: University of Jyväskylä; UoL: University of Leicester; UoLa: University of Laval; UoO: University of Oslo; UoOu: University of Oulu; UoM: University of Maine; UoNB: University of New Brunswick; UoQ: University of Queensland; UoR: University of Reading; UoS: University of Southampton: UoT: University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway; UoWa: University of Waterloo; UQAR: Université du Québec à Rimouski; UR: University of Reading; UT: University of Texas; UTu: University of Turku; WHOI: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution