Damocles 2007-2008 — Hamburg Arctic Ocean Buoy Drift Experiment
Description
The field experiment DAMOCLES 2007 (Hamburg Arctic Ocean Buoy Drift Experiment DAMOCLES 2007-2008) consisted of the deployment and tracking of an array of 16 drifting autonomous buoys in the Central Arctic Ocean. The buoys were deployed in a quadratic array with 400 kilometers side length in the Siberian sector of the Central Arctic Ocean in April 2007. While drifting towards Fram Strait the buoys delivered at approximately 1-hourly time Intervalls position, sea level pressure and temperature for several months with the last buoy transmitting until January 2008.
The aim of the experiment was to study the Atmosphere-Ice-Ocean interaction, especially the impact of cyclones on the formation and transport of sea ice.
Damocles 2007 and DAMOCLES 2008 are a contribution to European integrated project DAMOCLES (Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-term Environmental Studies) which is funded by the European Union. Damocles is a contribution to IPY 2007-2008 (International Polar Year).
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- metocean-paws-polar-area-weather-station
- arctic
- buoy
- ice-drift
- observational-data
- ice
- sea-ice