Steve Schmidt of Newman High School in Wausau, WI took part in the Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI) research cruise in the Western Arctic Ocean. |
Steve Schmidt - Newman High School (Wausau, WI) | |
Research Experience: |
Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions (SBI) - Project Web Site Steve's online journal |
Research Objectives: | The Western Arctic Shelf Basin Interactions project is a multi-year, interdisciplinary program investigating the impact of global change on physical, biological and geochemical processes over the Chukcki and Beaufort Sea shelf basin region in the Western Arctic Ocean. Measurements of organic carbon from sinking particles in the water column will be used to construct a carbon budget for the Chukchi Sea. |
Research funded by: | National Science Foundation (Office of Polar Programs and Chemical Host Oceanography Program) |
Host Researcher: | Brad Moran - URI Graduate School of Oceanography |
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ARMADA Project Office of Marine Programs Graduate School of Oceanography University of Rhode Island armada@gso.uri.edu |