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12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting1 Scottish Association for Marine Science Based at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory near Oban, Scotland.

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1 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting1 Scottish Association for Marine Science Based at the Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory near Oban, Scotland Established in 1884 Committed to promoting, delivering and supporting high-quality independent research and education in marine science Collaborative centre of the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Hosts –National Facility for Scientific Diving –Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa Academic partner in UHI Millennium Institute Research activities encompass the entire breadth of marine science Focus on multidisciplinary research questions from Scottish coastal waters to the Arctic Ocean –Core science programme investigating past and present changes in Northern Seas

2 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting2 In Situ Monitoring GreenICE/DAMOCLES buoy systems –Extended battery life –Multi-sensor Meteorology Tiltmeters –Two-way Iridium communications Moorings and landers –Oceanographic moorings in Kongsfjorden and Storfjorden, Svalbard (MariClim) –Seabed observing systems Landers HOMER SIMOP

3 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting3 In Situ Monitoring Latest buoy systems –Cryosat Cal/Val –7 deployed in Nares Strait in May 2006

4 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting4 In Situ Monitoring Fieldwork (cruises/ice camps) –Royal Navy ICEX –Autosub Under Ice –GreenICE –Cryosat –Northern Seas –DAMOCLES

5 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting5 Modelling Fjords Greenland Sea salt flux model

6 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting6 Project work –EuroClim –IRIS –Cryosat Cal/Val Other work –Commercial work for UK Hydrographic Office Royal Navy Earth Observation

7 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting7 Collaborative Partners NERC –Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory –Plymouth Marine Laboratory –National Oceanography Centre University of Cambridge DAMTP Edinburgh Earth Observatory (University of Edinburgh) EC –Project partners

8 12-13 September 2006Arctic GOOS Planning Meeting8 Future Arctic Work IPY Oceans 2025 Q from UK GOOS Action Group: How best can the UK support Arctic GOOS?


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