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2002-2003 Science Planning Summary Table of Contents USAP Program Station Schedules & Project Indexes Technical Events Table of Contents Overviews Overviews 2002-2003 Science Planning Summary Table of Contents USAP Program Station schedules & Project Indexes Technical Events Table of Contents overviews overviews Project Indexes List of projects by principal investigator List of projects by USAP program List of projects by institution List of projects by station List of projects by event number digits List of deploying team members Teachers Experiencing Antarctica Scouting In Antarctica Technical Events Media Visitors USAP Program Overviews Station Schedules & Overviews McMurdo Station Overview Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station Overview Palmer Station Overview USAP Vessels Overview Technical Events Environmental Health & Safety 2002-2003 Science Planning Summary Project Descriptions USAP Program Station schedules & Project Indexes Technical Events Table of Contents overviews overviews List of projects by principal investigator List of projects by USAP program List of projects by institution List of projects by station List of projects by event number digits List of deploying team members Teachers Experiencing Antarctica Scouting In Antarctica Technical Events Media Visitors 2002-2003 Science Planning Summary USAP Program Overviews USAP Program Station schedules & Project Indexes Technical Events Table of Contents overviews overviews Aeronomy & Biology & Geology & Oceans & Glaciology Artists & Writers Astrophysics Medicine Geophysics Climate The polar regions have been called Earth's window to outer space. Research projects here require the unique conditions of the Antarctic. What scientists learn from these projects contributes to the understanding of Antarctica's role in global Aeronomy & environmental change. The Aeronomy & Astrophysics branch of Antarctic science promotes interdisciplinary study of geosphere- Astrophysics biosphere interactions in the middle and upper atmosphere. It contributes to our understanding of the interactions between the Read more about it on the NSF website polar atmosphere and the magnetosphere and how solar activity affects both. Top of page Program Manager: Dr. Vladimir Papitashvili. Read more about Dr. Table of Contents Papitashvili. List this year's Aeronomy & Astrophysics projects The Antarctic Biology & Medicine program funds research that will improve understanding of the physiology, behavior, adaptations, and processes of Antarctic life forms and Biology & ecosystems. Support is focused on these areas: Medicine Marine ecosystem dynamics Terrestrial and limnetic ecosystems Read more about it on the Population biology and physiological ecology NSF website Genetic adaptation Human behavior and medical research Top of page Program Manager: Dr. Polly Penhale. Read more about Dr. Penhale Table of Contents List this year's Biology & Medicine projects Antarctica represents about 9 percent of the Earth's continental crust and has been in a near-polar position for more than 100 million years. It is covered by a continental ice sheet with an average thickness of 3 kilometers. In geophysics, the Antarctic continent and its environs have a central role in the geodynamic processes that have shaped the present global environment. Important program areas include: Antarctica's tectonic evolution and its relationship to that of Geology & other continents Geophysics The structure of the continent's crust The continent's effect on paleocirculation of the world Read more about it on the oceans, on the evolution of life, and on global NSF website paleoclimates as well as the present climate Detailed history of the ice sheets, identifying geological Top of page controls to ice sheet behavior and defining geological Table of Contents responses to the ice sheets on both regional and global scales The evolution of sedimentary basins on the continent and along its margins Program Manager: Dr. Scott Borg. Read more about Dr. Borg List this year's Geology & Geophysics projects The Antarctic Glaciology program is concerned with the history and dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet including the study of near-surface snow and firn, floating glacier ice (ice shelves), ice streams, and continental and marine ice sheets. Program emphases include paleoenvironments from ice cores, ice dynamics, numerical modeling, glacial geology, and remote sensing of ice sheets. Some specific objectives are: Glaciology Correlation of climatic fluctuations evident in Antarctic ice cores with data from arctic and lower-latitude ice cores Read more about it on the Integration of the ice record with the terrestrial and marine NSF website records Top of page Investigation of the physics of fast glacier flow with emphasis on processes at glacier beds Table of Contents Investigation of ice-shelf stability and the identification and quantification of the feedback between ice dynamics and climate change. Program Manager: Dr. Julie Palais. Read more about Dr. Palais List this years Glaciology projects Antarctic oceanic and tropospheric studies focus on the structure and processes of the ocean-atmosphere environment and their relationships with the global ocean, the atmosphere, and the marine biosphere. As part of the global heat engine, the Antarctic has a major role in the world's transfer of energy. Its ocean/atmosphere system is both an indicator and a component of climate change. Major program elements include: Physical oceanography The dynamics of the polar oceans, The interaction of wind, solar radiation, and heat exchange, Water-mass production and modification processes, Ocean dynamics at the pack-ice edge, and The effect of polynyas on ventilation Chemical oceanography Chemical composition of seawater and its global Oceans & differentiation, Climate Reactions among chemical elements and compounds in the ocean, Read more about it on the Fluxes of material within ocean basins and at their NSF website boundaries, and Time and space scales of oceanic processes. Top of page Sea-ice dynamics Table of Contents Material characteristics of sea-ice from the individual crystal to the large-scale patterns of freezing, deformation, and melting Meteorology Atmospheric circulation systems and dynamics including the energy budget, Atmospheric chemistry, Transport of atmospheric contaminants to the Antarctic, and The role of large and mesoscale systems in global exchange of heat, momentum, and trace constituents. Program Manager: Dr. Bernhard Lettau. Read more about Dr. Lettau List this year's Oceans & Climate projects The Artists & Writers Program provides opportunities for the humanities -- painting, photography, writing, history, and other liberal arts -- to be a part of the U.S. Antarctic Program. Artists and writers work at stations and field camps, often with science groups but also on their own. The program helps record America's Antarctic heritage and responds to White House Artists & Writers direction that the USAP support a range of U.S. Antarctic interests. Read more about it on the NSF website Candidates apply for the program and compete in a peer-review Top of page selection process. Awardees receive field support including air travel, but no direct award of funds. Table of Contents Program Manager: Mr. Guy Guthridge. Read more about Mr. Guthridge List this year's Artists & Writers projects 2002-2003 Science Planning Summary USAP Station Schedules & Overviews USAP Program Station schedules & Project Indexes Technical Events Table of Contents overviews overviews Austral Summer Season Austral Estimated Population Openings Summer Season Station Operational Science Closing Summer Winter 19 August 02 October 1,000 (weekly 22 February 200 McMurdo 2002 2002 average) 2003 (winter total) (WinFly*) (mainbody) 2,900 (total) 220 (weekly South 23 October 30 October 15 February 60 average) Pole 2002 2002 2003 (winter total) 600 (total) 29- 37-44 (weekly 17 October 35 Palmer September- May 2003 average) 2002 (winter total) 2002 60 (total) RV / IB NBP RV LMG Research Year-round Vessels 39 science & staff 32 science & staff 25 crew 25 crew *Four research projects begin at McMurdo. McMurdo Amundsen-Scott South Palmer USAP Research Other (not station- Station Pole Station Station Vessels based) McMurdo Station is the largest of the United States Antarctic stations, and is the main operational center for the continental U.S. Antarctic Program. It has two landing strips and more than 100 buildings ranging in size from a small radio shack to large, three-story structures linked by above ground water, sewer, McMurdo telephone, and power lines. Read more about it... Station Support contractor staff at McMurdo Station provide support to temporary and long-term field camps. Read more about it... Top of page McMurdo-based air operations personnel and contractors Table of Contents provide air support to deep field camps, to South Pole Station and for project logistics. Read more about it... List this year's McMurdo-based projects Established in 1957, the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has always been operated year-round. Station elevation is 2900 meters (?? feet) and is the coldest, driest, windiest place on Amundsen- earth?. No landmarks are visible on the 3,000-meter-thick plateau of ice 1,350 km (? miles) from McMurdo Station. Scott South Scientific research at the station falls into the general disciplines Pole Station of upper-atmosphere physics, meteorology, earth sciences, geophysics, glaciology, biomedicine, and astrophysics. Air Top of page transportation is provided by the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing. Table of Contents Read more about it... List this year's South Pole-based projects Palmer
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