The Transpolar System of the Arctic Ocean (Transdrift)
The Transpolar System of the Arctic Ocean – Transdrift
Research areas are the Laptev Sea as the most important area of sea-ice production and the Fram Strait as the only deepwater and intermediate water connection between the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (and, therefore, the World Ocean). The Transpolar Drift Stream connects both regions. At the same time, the Russian partner institution, the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, implements multidisciplinary investigations in the Central Arctic Ocean as the key research topic of their research program „Arctic Basin Cluster". |
German project leader: Dr. Heidemarie Kassens | Russian project leader: Prof. Dr. Leonid A. Timokhov |
Project duration: 1 March 2013 – 31 December 2016
Subprojects (SP) and Subproject Leaders
SP 1 | GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel | SP 1A: Transpolar Matter Fluxes | Prof. Dr. Martin Frank mfrank@geomar.de |
SP 1B: Coordination | Dr. Heidemarie Kassens hkassens@geomar.de | ||
SP 2 | Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven | SP 2A: Sea-Ice and Ocean Dynamics | Dr. Jens Hölemann jens.hoelemann@awi.de |
SP 2B: Ecological Consequences | Dr. Thomas Soltwedel thomas.soltwedel@awi.de | ||
SP 2C: Arctic Biomarkers | Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Stein ruediger.stein@awi.de | ||
SP 3 | Mainz Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature | SP 3A: Arctic Halocline | Dr. Robert Spielhagen rspielhagen@geomar.de |
SP 3B: History of the Transpolar Drift Stream | |||
SP 4 | Trier University | SP 4: Atmosphere/Sea Ice/Ocean System | Univ. Prof. Dr. Günther Heinemann heinemann@uni-trier.de |
SP 5 | Kiel University | SP 5A: Marine Biocoenoses | Prof. Dr. Dieter Piepenburg dpiepenburg@ecology.uni-kiel.de |
SP 5B: Geochemical proxies | Dr. C.-Dieter Garbe-Schönberg dgs@gpi.uni-kiel.de |
Work packages
No. | Work Package | Subprojects |
I | The impact of the Sea-Ice and Ocean Dynamics in the Laptev Sea on the Transpolar Drift System | SP 2A: Sea-Ice and Ocean Dynamics |
II | Arctic Halocline, Water-Mass Formation and Matter Transport in the Transpolar Drift System | SP 1A: Transpolar Matter Fluxes SP 3A: Arctic Halocline |
III | Ecological Consequences of Climate Change in Key Regions of the Transpolar Drift Stream | SP 2B: Ecological Consequences SP 5A: Marine Biocoenoses |
IV | Regional Changes in the Atmosphere/Sea Ice/Ocean System in the Arctic | SP 4: Atmosphere/Sea Ice/Ocean System |
V | Stability of the Arctic Climate System: History of the Transpolar Drift Stream | SP 2C: Arctic Biomarkers SP 3B: History of the Transpolar Drift Stream SP 5B: Geochemical Proxies |
VI | Coordination | SP 1B: Coordination |
Cooperating Institutes and Universities in Russia:
- Lena Delta State Nature Reserve, Tiksi, Yakutia, Sakha Republic
- Moscow State Lomonosov University
- Otto Schmidt Laboratory for Polar and Marine Research, St. Petersburg
- P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- POMOR - Master Program for Polar and Marine Sciences, St. Petersburg State University
- St. Petersburg State University
- Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg
Cooperating Institutes and Universities in Germany:
- Alfred Wegener Institute vor Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam
- German Weather Service, Offenbach
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ, Leipzig
- Helmholtz Centre Geesthacht – Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
- Institute of Oceanography of Hamburg University
- Institute of Environmental Physics of Bremen University
- Leibniz Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Isotope Research, Kiel
- Max Planck Institute of Meteorology, Hamburg
- National Aeronautics and Space Research Centre, Cologne
Other Cooperating Institutes and Universities:
- ArcticNet, Canada
- Bangor University, UK
- British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
- Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
- Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling of University College London
- Center for Satellite Exploitation and Research (CERSAT), Ifremer, Plouzane, France
- College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
- ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
- Fisheries and Ocean, Winnipeg, Canada
- Geophysical Institute of Bergen University, Norway
- Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
- International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
- Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway
- Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
- Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA
- Quebec University, Montreal, Canada
- School of Dynamic Meteorology (Polytechnical School), Paris, France
- School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
- Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, UK
- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden
- Tromsø University, Norway
- University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- University of California, Los Angeles, USA
- University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
- University of Oxford, UK
- US Geological Survey, Reston, USA
- Utecht University, Netherlands
- Wageningen University, Netherlands
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, USA