1. IABP Deployment Plans – Residence Time
The dots show the location of drifting buoys reporting April 2016, and
expected positions on September 1, 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 BAND cluster)
SIMBr BAND cluster)
1 SVP-BGPS BAND cluster)
2 SVP-BGPS (USIABP marks DISTANCE, IceBridge, etc. survey line)
2 Calibs (USIABP, NRL)
1 IceKid 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)

2. IABP Deployment Plans – Residence Time
The dots show the location of drifting buoys reporting April 2016, and
expected positions on September 1, 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 BAND cluster)
SIMBr BAND cluster)
1 SVP-BGPS BAND cluster)
2 SVP-BGPS (USIABP marks DISTANCE, IceBridge, etc. survey line)
2 Calibs (USIABP, NRL)
1 IceKid 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)

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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.

9. 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?

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

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

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

13. 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.

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

15. 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

17. 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
Nome,
Sept.23
↓ Sept.22
Sept.3 ↑
Sept.2
Mutsu, Oct.5
Shimizu, Aug.22
Courtesy from Dr. Nishino (JAMSTEC)

18. 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 . . .

19. 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 NORRKÖPING
Sweden
E-post /
Tel direct +46 (0)40 
Tel vx/ Phone: +46 (0)
Mobiltelefon / Mobile phone: + 46 
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.

20. 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

21. 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).

22. END

23. 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