SCICEX: Submarine Arctic Science Program, Version 1

Description

The Submarine Arctic Science Program, SCICEX, is a federal interagency collaboration among the operational Navy, research agencies, and the marine research community to use nuclear-powered submarines for scientific studies of the Arctic Ocean. Unlike surface ships, submarines have the unique ability to operate and take measurements regardless of sea ice cover, weather conditions, and time of year. This allows for a broad and comprehensive investigation of an entire ocean basin. The goal of the program is to acquire comprehensive data about Arctic sea ice, water properties (biological, chemical, and hydrographic), and water depth (bathymetry) to improve our understanding of the Arctic Ocean basin and its role in the Earth's climate system. SCICEX is important because it adds critical pieces to the overall information needed to analyze sea ice and ocean dynamics. Data collection began in 1993 and is on going.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7265%2FN5930R3Z
21 Product website where you can access the data. https://nsidc.org/scicex/
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5930R3Z
21 Get data using a database search interface. https://nsidc.org/scicex/data_inventory.html

Tags

  • bathymetry-seafloor-topography
  • oceans
  • cryosphere
  • ocean-chemistry
  • earth-science
  • sea-ice

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Arctic
  • Arctic Ocean, Sea Ice and Coasts