| Activity |
Topic |
Annual Funding ($K) |
Duration |
Field Support(see Key) |
Science Personnel |
Location |
Comments |
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| C1: Accumulation |
Accumulation Rate |
150 |
3 yr. |
. |
4 |
. |
image archival and AWS already funded |
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| C2: Monitoring |
Repeat Measurements |
150 |
3 yr. |
J, TO (SOAR)(97-98) |
4 |
ice plain B |
image acquisition costs included; SOAR costs not included |
| |
Ice Thickness and Elevation |
150 |
3 yr. |
J, TO (SOAR) |
2 |
ice stream E (98-99),Pine Is./Thwaites(99-00) |
SOAR costs not included |
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| C3: Modeling |
Mesoscale Meteorology |
150 |
3 yr. |
. |
2 |
. |
coord. w/ ITASE for on-ground sampling of aerosols |
| |
GCMs |
150 |
3 yr. |
. |
2 |
. |
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| C4: Sub-Ice Shelf |
Cavity Circulation and Mass Balance |
150 |
3 yr. |
. |
4 |
Ross Ice Shelf |
. |
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| P1: Onset |
Surface Strain |
100 |
2 yr. |
T, sn |
4 |
near Byrd |
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| |
Surface Geophysics |
200 |
2 yr. |
J, cat, TO |
6 |
near Byrd |
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| |
Borehole Drilling |
230 |
2 yr. (begin 99-00) |
T, sn |
10 |
near Byrd |
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| |
Borehole Science, Till Analysis |
220 |
2 yr. (begin 99-00) |
. |
4 |
near Byrd |
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| P2: Till & Water Pressure |
Seismic Survey |
100 |
3 yr. |
J, cat, TO |
4 |
above UpB (1 yr.); D or E (2 yr.) |
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| |
Borehole Drilling |
230 |
2 yr. |
T, sn |
10 |
ridge B/C |
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| |
Borehole Science, Till Analysis |
220 |
2 yr. |
. |
3 |
ridge B/C |
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| P3: Subglacial Geology |
Aerogeophysics |
200 |
2 yr. |
J, TO (SOAR) |
4 |
ice streams C & E |
SOAR costs not included |
| |
Seismic Survey |
100 |
2 yr. |
J, TO, sn |
2 |
ice streams C & E |
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| P4: Margins |
Survey |
300 |
3 yr. |
J, TO |
6 |
B (97-98); D (98-99); E (99-00) |
one margin per year, drilling from P2 |
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| P5: Modeling |
Group 1 |
150 |
3 yr. |
. |
. |
. |
connection to YMP required |
| |
Group 2 |
150 |
3 yr. |
. |
. |
. |
connection to YMP required |
| P6: Grounding Line Dynamics |
Down-hole Geophysics |
450 |
3 yr. |
. |
4 |
Ice Plain B |
ROV required |
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| H1: Ice Coring (WAISCORES) |
Deep Drilling and Core Analysis |
1500 (97-98) |
7 yr. |
J, T |
10 |
Siple Dome |
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| |
. |
2500 (98-99) |
. |
J, T |
10 |
. |
|
| |
. |
2500(99-00) |
. |
J, T |
4 |
. |
|
| |
. |
800 (00-01) |
. |
. |
. |
. |
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| |
Site Survey |
150 |
3 yr. |
J, sn |
4 |
Inland Site |
No field work third year |
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| H2: Deglaciation |
Eastern Ross Sea |
250 |
3 yr. |
Ship |
6 |
eastern Ross Sea (primary) |
moon well already funded |
| |
. |
500 for deep-coring years |
. |
. |
. |
western Ross Sea (secondary) |
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| H3: Glacial Geology |
Group 1 |
100 |
2 yr. |
T, helo, sn |
3 |
Reedy Gl. and A |
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| |
Group 2 |
100 |
1 yr. |
T, helo, sn |
3 |
Whitmore Mtns. |
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| |
. |
. |
2 yr. |
Ship (?), helo |
. |
Pine Is./Thwaites |
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| H4: Vertical motions |
Isostacy |
200 |
3 yr. |
T, TO/helo |
2 |
Transantarctic Mtns. |
5 sites spaced McMurdo to Horlick Mtns. |
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Shoreline changes |
100 |
3 yr. |
T, TO, sn |
2 |
shoreline of Ross and Amundsen Seas |
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| H5: Internal layers |
Internal layers |
150 |
3 yr. |
J, sn |
4 |
A/B, B/C (97-98); C/D,D/E (98-99):onset D (99-00) |
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