programs and networks, with mostly international partners. In addition, national investment programs, as FRAM or ACROSS, are essential to fund these programs, because they often require instrumentation and logistics
FRAM Data Integration A treasure of data for everyone FRAM technology provides large amounts of data. These data are an important basis for scientific studies, are supporting computer simulations of the [...] and nutrient supply processes, such as vertical mixing and eddy transport in Fram Strait. Modelling with data from the Fram-Strait and the Arctic (Graphic: Alfred-Wegener-Institut) [...] the Arctic ecosystem and improve validations of remote sensing products. FRAM data will be made available via the AWI data portal, which is currently being build up. From Space to Earth Cutting edge analytical
measure biological, chemical, and physical parameters in the upper 100-150 m of the Arctic water column. FRAM Moorings Include several types of sensors to measure physical properties of the water column, like
sea-ice on Arctic marine single-cell eukaroyte community composition, or of ocean warming in Eastern Fram Strait since the year 2000. In the future, the observation strategy for Arctic marine microbes will [...] implemented as a distributed Molecular Microbial Observatory in the framework of the Arctic observatory FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic Monitoring) and contributes to the ATLANTOS strategy for an integrated Atlantic
during the Year of Polar Prediction: how well can we currently predict the sea-ice extent, e.g. in the Fram Strait between Greenland and Svalbard, and what can we use the improved models for? There will be
enumeration of toxic algae such as Pseudnitzschia sp. , or different species of the genus Alexandrium sp . FRAM (Frontiers in Arctic Marine Monitoring) The development of a standardized molecular observation strategy [...] marine eukaryotic microbes is tightly linked and directly contributes to the establishment of the FRAM microbial observatory that aims to monitor and understand how ongoing environmental changes affect [...] microbial communities and how these changes will alter their role in global element cycling. Within FRAM our group carries out all research related to the development, evaluation and standardization of molecular
research stations in the Arctic and Antarctic, monitoring ocean currents at our deep-sea moorings in the Fram Strait and the Weddell Sea, and the data from our sea-ice buoys drifting through the Antarctic and
Pulse of Heat in the North Atlantic The future of the Arctic Ocean will be decided in part in the Fram Strait Climate Modelling Always the right scale For their calculations, climate modellers portray
Alfred-Wegener-Institut) If we can realistically simulate the past and present processes at work in the Fram Strait, we can then calculate projections for the future. I work with FESOM, the Finite Element Sea [...] ocean currents, hydrography and sea ice. I’m currently using FESOM to simulate the circulation in the Fram Strait, which is located between Greenland and Svalbard and represents one of the most important