Description¶
“[...] The international Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition of 2019-2020 used a coupled system approach to examine the processes and feedbacks that lead to the amplification of climate warming in the Arctic, the diminished Arctic sea ice, and their implications on weather, global climate, ecosystems, and model predictions. MOSAiC entailed freezing the icebreaker Polarstern, and an extensive collection of observational assets, into the Central Arctic ice pack for a full year to drift with the sea ice. [...]” (From the Special Feature description, see below)
Publications¶
Overview paper - Atmosphere: Shupe et al. (2022)
Overview paper - Snow and sea ice: Nicolaus et al. (2022)
Overview paper - Physical oceanography: Rabe et al. (2022)
Overview paper - Ecosystem: Fong et al. (2024)
Special Feature: The Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
Platforms¶
Instruments¶
RV Polarstern¶
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Cruise Reports¶
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Involved Projects¶
Outreach¶
- Shupe, M. D., Rex, M., Blomquist, B., Persson, P. O. G., Schmale, J., Uttal, T., Althausen, D., Angot, H., Archer, S., Bariteau, L., Beck, I., Bilberry, J., Bucci, S., Buck, C., Boyer, M., Brasseur, Z., Brooks, I. M., Calmer, R., Cassano, J., … Yue, F. (2022). Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Atmosphere. Elem Sci Anth, 10(1). 10.1525/elementa.2021.00060
- Nicolaus, M., Perovich, D. K., Spreen, G., Granskog, M. A., von Albedyll, L., Angelopoulos, M., Anhaus, P., Arndt, S., Belter, H. J., Bessonov, V., Birnbaum, G., Brauchle, J., Calmer, R., Cardellach, E., Cheng, B., Clemens-Sewall, D., Dadic, R., Damm, E., de Boer, G., … Wendisch, M. (2022). Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice. Elem Sci Anth, 10(1). 10.1525/elementa.2021.000046
- Rabe, B., Heuzé, C., Regnery, J., Aksenov, Y., Allerholt, J., Athanase, M., Bai, Y., Basque, C., Bauch, D., Baumann, T. M., Chen, D., Cole, S. T., Craw, L., Davies, A., Damm, E., Dethloff, K., Divine, D. V., Doglioni, F., Ebert, F., … Zhu, J. (2022). Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Physical oceanography. Elem Sci Anth, 10(1). 10.1525/elementa.2021.00062
- Fong, A. A., Hoppe, C. J. M., Aberle, N., Ashjian, C. J., Assmy, P., Bai, Y., Bakker, D. C. E., Balmonte, J. P., Barry, K. R., Bertilsson, S., Boulton, W., Bowman, J., Bozzato, D., Bratbak, G., Buck, M., Campbell, R. G., Castellani, G., Chamberlain, E. J., Chen, J., … Gradinger, R. R. (2024). Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Ecosystem. Elem Sci Anth, 12(1). 10.1525/elementa.2023.00135