NSF/ARCSS Freshwater Integration study (FWI) Funded Projects Arctic CHAMP is a funded activity of NSF/ARCSS. The first set of projects, funded under the title 'Arctic Freshwater Cycle: Land/Upper-Ocean Linkages' (or referred to as the 'Freshwater Integration study (FWI)'), links CHAMP/ASOF/SEARCH. CHAMP is coordinating this effort, and the projects are sponsored by the NSF Office of Polar Programs. To view details about the projects, including Investigators, Abstracts, and Presentations, click on the project titles below. The Principal Investigators can be contacted via email by clicking on the names listed below. Projects can also be viewed according to Thematic Classification (i.e., 'Atmosphere', 'Modeling', 'Ocean', 'Rivers/Land', and 'Snow/Ice').   Principal Investigator Project Title     Falkner, Kelly Oregon State University Collaborative Research: Variability and Forcing of Fluxes through Nares Strait and Jones Sound:A Freshwater Emphasis Hinzman, Larry University of Alaska Fairbanks Collaborative Research: Detection and Attribution of Changes in the Hydrologic Regimes of the Mackenzie, the Kuparuk and the Lena River Basins Kane, Douglas University of Alaska Fairbanks Synthesis of Water Balance Data from Northern Experimental Watersheds Karabanov, Eugene University of South Carolina Decadal to Centennial History of Lena River Discharge to the Arctic Ocean Lee, Craig University of Washington An Observational Array for High Resolution, Year-round Measurements of Volume, Freshwater, and Ice Flux Variability in Davis Strait Lettenmaier, Dennis University of Washington The role of Spatial and Temporal Variability of Pan-Arctic River Discharge and Surface Hydrologic Processes on Climate Liston, Glen Colorado State University Winter Precipitation, Sublimation, and Snow-Depth in the Pan-Arctic: Critical Processes and a Half Century of Change Peterson, Bruce MBL Biogeochemical Tracers in Arctic Rivers: Linking the Pan-Arctic Watershed to the Arctic Ocean Proshutinsky, Andrey WHOI Beaufort Gyre Freshwater Experiment: Study of Freshwater Accumulation and Release Mechanism and the Role of Fresh Water in Arctic Climate Variability Semiletov, Igor University of Alaska Connections among Atmospheric Forcing, Runoff, and Conditions in the Laptev and East-Siberian Seas Serreze, Mark University of Colorado Collaborative Research: A Land Surface Model Hind-Cast for the Terrestrial Arctic Drainage System Smith, Laurence UCLA River Discharge from the Russian Federation: An Understanding of Contemporary Trends and their Placement in a Holocene Context Steele, Michael University of Washington Collaborative Research: Circulation in the Freshwater Switchyard of the Arctic Ocean Tremblay, Bruno Columbia University Fresh Water Budget of the Arctic and High Latitude Mode of Atmospheric Variability Vorosmarty, Charles University of New Hampshire Collaborative Research: An Integrated Assessment of the Pan-Arctic Freshwater System: Analysis of Retrospective and Contemporary Conditions Yang, Daqing University of Alaska Development of Bias-Corrected Precipitation Database and Climatology for the Arctic Regions Yu, Yanling University of Washington Assessing the Long-Term Contribution of Landfast Ice to the Arctic Freshwater Budget Zhang, Tingjun Unversity of Colorado Changes in Freeze-Thaw and Permafrost Dynamics and Their Hydrological Implication over the Russian Arcic Drainage Basin (Back to Top) Projects listed above are a contribution to the Study of Environmental ARctic Change (SEARCH), and are funded under NSF Program Solicitation NSF-02-071 (http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2002/nsf02071/nsf02071.html). Collaborative Projects Principal Investigator Project Title     Ackerman, Steve University of Wisconsin Interactions Among Observations of Laterally Advected Heat and Moisture, Cloud Properties, Surface Temperature, Surface Radiation Fluxes, and Net Precipitation in the Arctic England, Anthony Univesity of Michigan Active Layer Thickness and Moisture Content of Arctic Tundra From SVAT Models and Assimilated 1.4 or 6.9 GHz Brightness Francis, Jennifer Rutgers Interactions Among Observations of Laterally Advected Heat and Moisture, Cloud Properties, Surface Temperature, Surface Radiation Fluxes, and Net Precipitation in the Arctic Holland, Marika UCAR Integrated Analyses of the Arctic Freshwater Cycle and its Influence on Global Climate White, Daniel University of Alaska Fairbanks The Intersection Between Climate Change Water Resources and Humans in the Arctic Wu, Wanli University of Colorado Boulder Collaborative Research: Integrated Analyses of the Arctic Freshwater Cycle and its Influence on Global Climate (Back to Top) Arctic CHAMP Science Management Office Contact Information Role of the Arctic-CHAMP Science Management Office