Completed projects

S23Eddy

In the sea near Lofoten, there are large eddies that can be seen on the surface and reach down to a depth of 1000 m. With the combined use of satellite and ocean data, researchers in the project "Synergy to Characterization of 3D Eddy Structures" are trying to find out more about the eddies. What characterizes the currents, what is their significance for the ecosystem in the area and how is the interaction between the atmosphere and the sea affected?

FYB II

By including school pupils in Norway and the USA, the project "Float Your Boat" aims for the rising generation to better understand processes in the Arctic that affect the climate. The students make small wooden boats and ice buoys that can be followed via GPS on their journey in and out of the Arctic.

CAPARDUS

The project "Capacity-building in Arctic standardization development" investigates how an "Arctic Best Practice System" can be built up as a useful tool for research, business activity and planning in the Arctic. , The project maps standards, guidelines and practical methods used by the local population in areas such as Svalbard, Greenland, Russia and Alaska. The topics included are data collection and data sharing, resource utilization, shipping, tourism, security and communication between researchers and local communities.

NorArgo2

A multitude of Argo buoys float up and down in the water column in all the world's oceans. They collect information about the ocean that is of great importance for research, monitoring and climate modelling. The project "A Norwegian Argo Infrastructure - a contribution to the European and global Argo infrastructure" supports the program with up to 50 Argo buoys in the Nordic Seas, the Barents Sea and the Arctic Ocean.

UNDER ICE & CANAPE 

In the project "UNDER-ICE & CANAPE: Analysis and publication" a method has been established to assimilate distance- and depth-averaged sound speed derived from acoustic tomography observations. The published study demonstrates the utility of acoustic tomography observations to improve ocean state estimates.

SERUS

The aim of the project "Building socio-ecological resilience through urban green, blue and white space" is to improve life in Arctic cities with regard to socio-ecological resilience. Focus must be placed on areas with plants, open water and snow or ice cover and its importance for quality of life.

INES

Estimating the way in which the climate throughout the world is going to change is useful for the world community at different levels. CMIP (coupled model intercomparison project) will soon start phase 7, where the Norwegian model NorESM will again be involved to contribute to improved climate forecasts. These are used in the IPCC reports and other assessments. The project "Infrastructure for Norwegian Earth System modelling" works to prepare the model for this work.

NMDC

The "Norwegian Marine Data Centre" is a national data infrastructure that provides access to marine data and observations for sea areas of interest to Norway. The Nansen Center contributes with expertise in scientific data handling and formatting and with its own data from the Arctic Ocean.

SIDRiFT

The Arctic is changing and the sea ice in particular is changing rapidly. The project "Sea Ice Deformation and Snow for an Arctic in Transition" will estimate how strong the sea-ice deformation has been in recent years. Old and new satellite observations are used to find out.

AI4ARCTIC

In the project "AI4 Arctic challenge automatic sea ice charting", artificial intelligence is used to improve both snow mapping in Scandinavia and sea-ice mapping in the sea around Greenland.