SAMCoT - Annual Report 2015

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11 SAMCoT • ANNUAL REPORT 2015
WORK PACKAGE 1 (WP1)
The winter period from January to early May is the most active period for the collection
of ice data. WP1 focuses on the collection and process modelling of data obtained
from different physical locations in the Arctic. In 2015 some of the locations used for
field activities within WP1 were: North-West Barents Sea and Barents Sea Opening;
Greenland Sea and the Svalbard Archipelago (Svea Bay, Kapp Amsterdam, Wahlenberg
Fjord, Van Mijen Fjord, Paulabreen Glacier, Advent Fjord and Akselsundet). In-field/
laboratory works and theoretical investigations were performed as part of the overall
planned activities of WP1. These activities could be divided into four groups:
1. Sea State and Ice Conditions in the North-West Barents Sea, Barents Sea Opening,
Greenland Sea and in the Arctic Ocean to the North of Spitsbergen
2. Monitoring of Sea Ice and Iceberg Drift; Mechanical Properties of Ice and Applied
Oceanography
3. Sea Ice Actions in the Coastal Zone
4. Geographical Information System (GIS)