IABP Deployment Plans – Residence Time The dots show the location of drifting buoys reporting April 2016, and expected positions on September 1, 2016. Spring deployments are shown pink. Summer deployments are shown in blue. Araon Healy 1601 Mirai Xuelong Sikuliaq Healy 1603 North Pole (BARNEO) Canadian DND Flights Region A Polarstern UpTempOs IMBs ITPs BeaCON (USIABP): February 2014 Fast-ice lines in Camden Bay (4 SVP-BGPS, 1 SVP-GPS), Harrison Bay (4 SVP-BGPS, 1 SVP-GPS) and Peard Bay (1 SVP-BGPS, 2 SVP-GPS) Navigation Hazards Ice Bergs and Floe Bergs (3 SVP-BGPS) Multi-year ice floes (4 SVP-BGPS) BeaCON/AOX/NAICEX/DISTANCE (BAND): March 2014 1 WARM (PSC @ BAND cluster) SIMBr (USIABP @ BAND cluster) 1 SVP-BGPS (USIABP @ BAND cluster) 2 SVP-BGPS (USIABP marks DISTANCE, IceBridge, etc. survey line) 2 Calibs (USIABP, NRL) 1 IceKid (USIABP @ BAND cluster) USIABP/ES-PAS/AARI Collaboration (Yamal): March 2014 2 SVP-GPS APLIS: APL Ice Station: March 2014 2 UpTempOs 1 SIMBr ONR MIZ: March 2014 48 Buoys, in 4 clusters: 20 SAMS IMBs, 20 Wave buoys, 4 AWS, 2 ITPs, 2 AOFBs NPEO: North Pole Environmental Observatory: April 2014 1 PAWS (USIABP) 8 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) 1 SIMBr (CRREL) 1 AOFB (NPS) 1 IAOOS (UPMC) 1 Ice-T (UPMC) 1 ITP (WHOI) CASIMBO: April 2014 Healy 1401 (Underice Bloom), May 2014 Chukchi Sea 1 SIMBr (USIABP) 1 XIB (USIABP) 1 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) Bering Sea 2 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) Healy 1402 (Pickart Moorings): June 2014 Chukchi and Beaufort seas: 3 XIB (USIABP) 4 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) Healy 1403 (Response): July 2014 1 XIB (USIABP) Louie St. Laurent “Joint Ice Cruise”: August/September 2014 Beaufort Sea: 3 ITPs (WHOI) 1 IMB (CRREL) 1 SIMB (CRREL) Araon: August 2014 ONR MIZ: 17 Buoys, 1 clusters: 10 Wave buoys, 5 SAMS IMBs, 1 ITP, 1 AOFB, 2 Acoustic Navigation Sources, & 1 Sea Glider Laurier 2 SVP-B (EC), Bering Sea Polarstern 10 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) 2 UpTempOs MY (PSC) Xuelong Mirai 3 UpTempO MY (PSC) Amundsen: UpTempO (PSC) USCG Arctic Domain Awareness Flights June – October July: 1-2 AXIBs September: 4-5 AXIBs, 2 UpTempOs Canadian DND Flights 4 AXIB (EC) 4 ICEXAIR (EC) Federov High Arctic Cruise 1 SVP-BPGS, 4 SVP-GPS Federov Cruise to deploy North Pole Manned Station 2 SVP-BPGS, 8 SVP-GPS Oden 6 SVP-BGPS (EUMETNET) CCG/CIS deployments on ice bergs McGill Acronyms: BeaCON = Beaufort and Chukchi Observing Network CASIMBO = Canadian Archipelago Sea Ice Mass Balance Observatory DISTANCE = NAICEX = Naval Academy Ice Experiment NPEO = North Pole Environmental Observatory Healy 1602 USCG Flights APLIS Louie Canadian DND Flights Region B Ukpik Oden Amundsen (E. Beaufort) Amundsen (Baffin Bay)

IABP Deployment Plans – Residence Time The dots show the location of drifting buoys reporting April 2016, and expected positions on September 1, 2016. Spring deployments are shown pink. Summer deployments are shown in blue. Healy 1603 North Pole (BARNEO) Canadian DND Flights Region A Polarstern UpTempOs IMBs ITPs BeaCON (USIABP): February 2014 Fast-ice lines in Camden Bay (4 SVP-BGPS, 1 SVP-GPS), Harrison Bay (4 SVP-BGPS, 1 SVP-GPS) and Peard Bay (1 SVP-BGPS, 2 SVP-GPS) Navigation Hazards Ice Bergs and Floe Bergs (3 SVP-BGPS) Multi-year ice floes (4 SVP-BGPS) BeaCON/AOX/NAICEX/DISTANCE (BAND): March 2014 1 WARM (PSC @ BAND cluster) SIMBr (USIABP @ BAND cluster) 1 SVP-BGPS (USIABP @ BAND cluster) 2 SVP-BGPS (USIABP marks DISTANCE, IceBridge, etc. survey line) 2 Calibs (USIABP, NRL) 1 IceKid (USIABP @ BAND cluster) USIABP/ES-PAS/AARI Collaboration (Yamal): March 2014 2 SVP-GPS APLIS: APL Ice Station: March 2014 2 UpTempOs 1 SIMBr ONR MIZ: March 2014 48 Buoys, in 4 clusters: 20 SAMS IMBs, 20 Wave buoys, 4 AWS, 2 ITPs, 2 AOFBs NPEO: North Pole Environmental Observatory: April 2014 1 PAWS (USIABP) 8 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) 1 SIMBr (CRREL) 1 AOFB (NPS) 1 IAOOS (UPMC) 1 Ice-T (UPMC) 1 ITP (WHOI) CASIMBO: April 2014 Healy 1401 (Underice Bloom), May 2014 Chukchi Sea 1 SIMBr (USIABP) 1 XIB (USIABP) 1 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) Bering Sea 2 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) Healy 1402 (Pickart Moorings): June 2014 Chukchi and Beaufort seas: 3 XIB (USIABP) 4 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) Healy 1403 (Response): July 2014 1 XIB (USIABP) Louie St. Laurent “Joint Ice Cruise”: August/September 2014 Beaufort Sea: 3 ITPs (WHOI) 1 IMB (CRREL) 1 SIMB (CRREL) Araon: August 2014 ONR MIZ: 17 Buoys, 1 clusters: 10 Wave buoys, 5 SAMS IMBs, 1 ITP, 1 AOFB, 2 Acoustic Navigation Sources, & 1 Sea Glider Laurier 2 SVP-B (EC), Bering Sea Polarstern 10 SVP-BGPS (USIABP) 2 UpTempOs MY (PSC) Xuelong Mirai 3 UpTempO MY (PSC) Amundsen: UpTempO (PSC) USCG Arctic Domain Awareness Flights June – October July: 1-2 AXIBs September: 4-5 AXIBs, 2 UpTempOs Canadian DND Flights 4 AXIB (EC) 4 ICEXAIR (EC) Federov High Arctic Cruise 1 SVP-BPGS, 4 SVP-GPS Federov Cruise to deploy North Pole Manned Station 2 SVP-BPGS, 8 SVP-GPS Oden 6 SVP-BGPS (EUMETNET) CCG/CIS deployments on ice bergs McGill Acronyms: BeaCON = Beaufort and Chukchi Observing Network CASIMBO = Canadian Archipelago Sea Ice Mass Balance Observatory DISTANCE = NAICEX = Naval Academy Ice Experiment NPEO = North Pole Environmental Observatory Canadian DND Flights Region B Oden Amundsen (Baffin Bay)

USIABP BeaCON – March 2016 Deployed 1 Ice Beacon northwest of Point Barrow via snowmobiles March 22, 71 23.67'N 156 32.74’W. IMEI/WMO #: 300234062558760/48531 With: Kyle Stenson, Caroline Bell, and Raymond

APL Ice Station – March 2016 Deployments: Ice Tracker (PG), 300234063245420/48532. Owned and deployed by NRL. Ice Ball (PG), 300234063980340/48533. Owned by USIABP, deployed by NRL. Ice Ball (PG), 300234063982330 /48534: Owned by USIABP, deployed by NRL. UpTempO (PG), 300234063869150/?????: Owned and deployed by PSC/APL. AFOB: Owned and deployed by NPS. ITP: Owned by NAVO. Camp broke up before this could be deployed.

North Pole (BARNEO) - April 2-16 Deployments ITP SIMB AOFB Ice-T

Norseman Transit through Bering Sea Chief Scientist: Rebecca Woodgate is PI for Bering Strait, but Jim Johnson will check with crew to see if they would be up for deploying some buoys in route. Dates: July Current Positions of USIABP/IABP show gaps in the network along the cruise track! Deploy 2-3 SVP-B (DBI) Buoys in Bering Sea in transit to Nome for Sea as shown by red circles along track?

CGC Healy – 1601 Transit through Bering Sea Chief Scientist: Russ Hopcroft, NOAA Dates: 02 Jul/10 Aug Seward/Seward Current Positions of USIABP/IABP show gaps in the network along the cruise track! Deploy 4 SVP-B (DBI) Buoys in Bering Sea in transit to the Chukchi Sea as shown by red circles along track?

CGC Healy – 1601 Ocean Exploration Chief Scientist: Russ Hopcroft, NOAA Dates: 02 Jul/10 Aug Seward/Seward Expected Positions of USIABP/IABP during cruise are shown as blue circles, indicating probable gaps in the network along the cruise track! Deploy: 1 PSC UpTempO 5 SVP-B (DBI) Buoys in Chukchi Sea as time allows, e.g. at Full Stations as suggested by red circles.

CGC Healy – 1602 CANAPE Chief Scientist: Peter Worcester, Dates: 16 Aug/17 Sep Seward/Nome Deploy: One PSC UpTempO There should be many USIABP/IABP in this area during this cruise, but may need to reseed the Bering and Chukchi seas in route to CANAPE?

CGC Healy – 1603 Extended Continental Shelf Chief Scientist: Larry Mayer, NOAA Dates: 19 Sep/29 Sep Nome/Nome Deploy: N AXIB N SVP

Siquliaq Points of Contact: Laurie Juranek, Rachel Sipler Dates: Sept. 2016 Buoy Deployments: N UpTempOs, positions TBD

Environment Canada – Canadian Forces Contacts: Julien Racette, Lily Fung Dates: TBD Drop positions TBD

USCG Arctic Domain Awareness Contacts: Ignatius Rigor, PSC/APL/UW Dates: Multiple flights from May through October primarily along the 140W and 150W lines to the ice edge for SIZRS, and deployments in the Chukchi Sea are possible. Drop positions: TBD 3 AXIBs and 1 ICEXAIR ready to go; 1 AXIB to refurb in Kodiak; N more AXIBs to refurb in Seattle.

Korea Polar Research Institute R/V Araon Cruise Intensive study areas Ice buoy stations IABP met. & UpTempO buoys Canada Basin Chukchi Sea Alaska Russia

CCGS Louie St. Laurent JOIS and BGOS Cruise Chief Scientist, POC: Bill Williams, IOS Dates: Quite a few buoys will be deployed, e.g. 50 Spot Messengers, 4 WHOI ITPs and CRREL IMBs. Send 3 SVP-Bs

R/V Mirai 2016 Arctic cruise (Aug.-Sept.) Pacific Arctic Group 2016 Spring Meeting March 13, 2016 (ASSW 2016) at Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA R/V Mirai 2016 Arctic cruise (Aug.-Sept.) R/V Mirai (JAMSTEC) Planned schedule is as follows. 22 Aug: Depart from Shimizu, Japan 2 Sep: Northern Bering Sea 3 Sep: Bering Strait 6 Sep: Northern Chukchi Sea 7 -16 Sep: Canada and Makarov Basins 17-20 Sep: Barrow Canyon 22 Sep: Bering Strait 23 Sep: Nome, Alaska, US 4 Oct: Hachinohe, Japan 5 Oct: Sekinehama (Mutsu), Japan Cruise PI: Dr. Shigeto Nishino (JAMSTEC) Sept.7-16 Sept.6 Sept. 17-20 Nome, Sept.23 ↓ Sept.22 Sept.3 ↑ Sept.2 Mutsu, Oct.5 Shimizu, Aug.22 Courtesy from Dr. Nishino (JAMSTEC)

R/V Mirai 2016 Arctic cruise (Aug.-Sept.) Pacific Arctic Group 2016 Spring Meeting March 13, 2016 (ASSW 2016) at Univ. Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, USA R/V Mirai 2016 Arctic cruise (Aug.-Sept.) R/V Mirai (JAMSTEC) Research on-board Predictability study on weather and sea-ice forecasts linked with user engagement (meteorology, wave, droplets/spray icing) Ship-borne observations of trace gases/aerosols in the marine atmosphere Ship-board observations of atmospheric greenhouse gases and related species in the Arctic ocean and the western North Pacific How plankton responses to multi stressors such as ocean warming and acidification (Sediment trap mooring)? Primary production and transportation of organic materials in the northern Bering and the southern Chukchi Seas Comparison of zooplankton with differences in net mesh-size, and standing stock and material flux role of Appendicularia Seasonal distribution of short-tailed shearwaters and their prey in the Bering and Chukchi Seas Elucidation of the variability of freshwater in the Arctic Ocean Mooring observations in the Barrow Canyon and southern Chukchi Sea Observational study on the variability of physical and chemical environments in the Pacific Arctic Ocean and more . . .

R/V Oden Point of Contact: Ulf Christensen, SMHI Chef Observationsenheten/ Manager Observation department   SMHI / Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute Samhälle och säkerhet / Core Services SE - 601 76 NORRKÖPING Sweden www.smhi.se E-post / Email: ulf.christensen@smhi.se Tel direct +46 (0)40 692 88 70 Tel vx/ Phone: +46 (0)11 495 80 00 Mobiltelefon / Mobile phone: + 46 708 525252 Besöksadress / Street address: Folkborgsvägen 17, Norrköping Point of Contact: Ulf Christensen, SMHI Dates: August 6 to September 17 Cruise area has quite a few buoys reporting.

R/V Polarstern Chief Scientist: Marcel Nicolaus Dates: mid September to end October EUMETNET Deployments: 4 standard SVP-B drifters on the route from Tromso to Mooring 1. The latitudes of launches would be 72N, 73N, 75N and 76N; 4 ice SVP-B drifters to be deployed close to Mooring 1 and 2 (unless air pressure measurements will be done at these and reported onto the GTS), and on latitudes 85.5N and 84N AWI Deployments: TBD

USIABP Inventory AXIB: 3 ready to go, 3 refurb w/ PG electronics. XIB: 6 refurb w/ PG electronics. ICEXAIR: 1 SVP-B (DBI): 20 Polar Ball (PG): 3 Polar Ball (MO): 2 ready to go, 14 returned to MO for refurb. TOTALS: 28 ready, 23 being refurbished (due to issues with MetOcean electronics).

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CGC Healy – 1501 Research and Development Center Deployment Locations (Don’t have to be spot on.) SVP 1: Bering Sea, 56.0N SVP 2: Bering Sea, 58.0N SVP 3: Bering Sea, 60.0N SVP 4: Chukchi Sea, 69.5N SVP 5: Chukchi Sea, 70.5N AXIB 1: “E” 73N 168W UpTempO: Chukchi Sea, “F” ~71N 168W SVP 6: Beaufort Sea, 74.0N 157W SVP 7: Beaufort Sea, 73.5N 147W AXIB 2: “G” 72N 140W SVP 8: “H” AXIB UpTempO SVP