2023-2024 Science Planning Summary
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2023-2024 USAP Field Season
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Albert, Mary R T-150-M Ice Drilling Program (IDP)
Anandakrishnan, Sridhar C-442-M Ground geophysics survey of Thwaites Glacier
Atkinson, Brian Anthony G-074-E Unearthing Antarctica’s role in the Late Cretaceous evolution of flowering plants
Balco, Gregory I-158-M Collaborative research: Site survey for subglacial bedrock exposure dating at the margin of the Wilkes Basin in northern Victoria Land
Ballard, Grant B-200-M Population growth at the southern extreme: Effects of early life conditions on Adélie penguin individuals and colonies
Bart, Philip G-431-N Unpinning of the Ross Ice Shelf from Ross Bank
Bertrand, Paul A G-078-M Dry Valley seismic project
Blom, Lukas J T-396-M/P Operation and maintenance of a CTBT class infrasound array at Windless Bight
Bowman, Jeff Shovlowsky B-285-P CAREER: Understanding Microbial Heterotrophic Processes In Coastal Antarctic Waters
Bristow, William A-369-M/S Antarctic SuperDARN research, operations, and system enhancements
Brook, Edward Jeremy I-185-M/S COLDEX - Airborne Geophysics Survey- East Antarctic Plateau (EAP)
Carlstrom, John A-379-S South Pole Telescope (SPT) operations and data products
Chereskin, Teresa O-317-L High resolution underway air-sea observations in Drake Passage for climate science
Christianson, Knut A I-163-M Collaborative Research: EAGER: A Dual-Band Radar for Measuring Internal Ice Deformation: a Multipass Ice-Penetrating Radar Experiment on Thwaites Glacier and the McMurdo Ice Shelf
Chu, Xinzhao A-123-M Collaborative Research: Fe and Na LiDAR investigations of geospace-atmosphere temperature, composition, chemistry, and dynamics at McMurdo, Antarctica
Cimino, Megan A C-013-L/P PAL-LTER: Ecological response to "Press-Pulse" disturbances along a rapidly changing West Antarctic Peninsula
Clem, John M A-148-M AESOP-lite: Anti-Electron Sub-Orbital Payload – Low Energy
Coffin, Richard B O-269-N Collaborative Research: Gas hydrate contribution to the Ross Sea carbon budget; Shallow sediment to water column; Present and future
Conde, Mark Gerard A-343-M/S Local-scale drivers and responses of thermospheric weather above Antarctica
Datta-Barua, Seebany D-556-M Mapping melting glacial surfaces with GNSS reflectometry
Deshler, Terry O-241-M Measurement of stratospheric aerosol to altitudes above 35 km in Austral autumn
Ellett, Lee NMI T-988-N Protected Species Observers for Coffin (O-269-N)
Eppley, Sarah Margaretha B-289-E Collaborative Research: Exploring the functional role of plants during terrestrial succession
Franco, Hugo A-145-M NASA Long Duration Balloon (LDB) support program
Friedlaender, Ari Seth C-024-L/P PAL-LTER: Ecological Response to "Press-Pulse" Disturbances Along a Rapidly Changing West Antarctic Peninsula
Gerrard, Andrew A-111-M/P/S The next generation of Geospace research facilities at South Pole, McMurdo, and Palmer Stations
Gerrard, Andrew A-111-M/P/S The next generation of Geospace research facilities at South Pole, McMurdo, and Palmer Stations
Gooseff, Michael N C-505-M MCM-LTER: MCM6 - The roles of legacy and ecological connectivity in a polar desert ecosystem
Greenbaum, Jamin S I-122-E RAPID: International collaborative airborne sensor deployments near Antarctic ice shelves
Greenbaum, Jamin S I-352-E RAPID: International Collaborative Research into Ice-ocean interactions & Fractures at Thwaites (ICE-RIFT)
Grubisic, Vanda O-264-P Collection of atmospheric air for the NOAA/Global Monitoring Division (GMD) worldwide flask-sampling network
Grubisic, Vanda O-257-M/S Ultra-Violet (UV) measurements at McMurdo Station for the NOAA/Global Monitoring Division (GMD) Antarctic UV network
Halzen, Francis A-333-S Management and operations of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory 2021-2026
Hummon, Julia M T-933-L/N University of Hawaii Data Acquisition System (UHDAS) support
Joughin, Ian X-498-M NASA ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)
Junge, Karen B-321-M Sea-ice snow microbial communities’ impact on Antarctic bromocarbon budgets and processes
Karle, Albrecht A-334-M/S Collaborative Research: IceCube Upgrade: An IceCube extension for precision neutrino physics and astrophysics
Karner, James G-058-M Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET)
Khan, Alia Lauren B-466-E CAREER: Coastal Antarctic snow algae and light absorbing particles: snowmelt, climate, and ecosystem impacts
Kingslake, Jonathan I-347-E NSFGEO-NERC: Investigating the direct influence of meltwater on Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics
Krause, Douglas John X-591-E National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Antarctic Marine Living Resource (NOAA/AMLR) Program Cape Shirreff Camp Support
LaBelle, James A-128-S First Conjugate-station studies and continued satellite-conjunction studies of LF/MF/HF auroral radio emissions at South Pole
Lazzara, Matthew O-283-M Collaborative Research: Antarctic automatic weather station program
Melendy, Renee T-940-M Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) activities: McMurdo Shear Zone
Melendy, Renee T-941-M Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) support: Leverett Glacier
Melendy, Renee T-946-M/S Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Engineering Support for Antarctic Facilities
Melendy, Renee T-948-M Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Heavy Weight Deflectometers (HWD) Testing
Moffat, Carlos F C-021-L PAL-LTER: Ecological Response to "Press-Pulse" Disturbances Along a Rapidly Changing West Antarctic Peninsula
Munro, David Russel O-214-L/N Investigating biogeochemical fluxes and linkages to climate change with multi-scale observations in the Drake Passage
Neff, Peter David I-345-M US-Korean collaboration to build a Ross-Amundsen Ice Core Array (RAICA) along the West Antarctic coastline
Neumann, Tom Allen X-594-M/S 88S traverse: GPS survey for calibration and validation of ICESat-2 altimetry data
Patterson, Molly O'Rourke G-070-M Collaborative Research: Sensitivity of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to 2 Celsius (SWAIS 2C)
Pryke, Clement A-149-S Imaging the beginning of time from the South Pole: Completing the BICEP array survey
Pundsack, Jonathan William T-434-M The Polar Geospatial Information Center: joint support
Rauch, Brian Flint A-142-M SuperTIGER-2 (The Super Trans-Iron Galactic Element Recorder 2)
Rotella, Jay B-009-M Collaborative Research: The drivers and role of immigration in the dynamics of the largest population of Weddell seals in Antarctica under changing conditions
Sarmiento, Jorge l O-271-N Southern Ocean Carbon and climate Observations and Modeling (SOCCOM)
Schofield, Oscar C-019-L/P PAL-LTER: Ecological response to "Press-Pulse" disturbances along a rapidly changing West Antarctic Peninsula
Seunarine, Surujhdeo A-118-S Collaborative Research: The Simpson Neutron Monitor Network
Shackleton, Sarah Ann I-187-M STC: Center for OLDest Ice EXploration (COLDEX): Surface Geophysics Surveys, East Antarctic Plateau
Shen, Weisen G-298-M/S A comprehensive seismic investigation to the crust and uppermost mantle beneath the South Pole, East Antarctica
Spangelo, Sara Christine X-600-M Swarm Technologies
Sprintall, Janet O-260-L High-resolution underway air-sea observations in Drake Passage for climate science
Steinberg, Deborah C-020-L/P PAL-LTER: Ecological response to "Press-Pulse" disturbances along a rapidly changing West Antarctic Peninsula
Stillman, David E. G-067-M Formation of Thermal-Contraction Polygons on Mars: Effects of Variable Subsurface Ice Content from Geophysical Surveys of Antarctic Dry Valley Analogs
Sumner, Dawn Yvonne B-047-M Seasonal primary productivity and nitrogen cycling in photosynthetic mats, Lake Fryxell, McMurdo Dry Valleys
Taylor, Michael John A-119-M/S Pan-Antarctic investigations of mesospheric wave dynamics and influences using the ANGWIN Network
Teets, Nicholas Mario B-046-L Mechanisms of adaptation to terrestrial Antarctica through comparative physiology and genomics of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic insects
Tulaczyk, Slawek M C-446-M Thwaites Interdisciplinary Margin Evolution (TIME): the role of shear margin dynamics in the future evolution of the Thwaites Drainage Basin
van Gestel, Natasja B-086-P Antarctica as a model system for responses of terrestrial carbon balance to warming
Van Mooy, Benjamin C-045-L/P PAL-LTER: Ecological response to "Press-Pulse" disturbances along a rapidly changing West Antarctic Peninsula
Walker, Christopher A-136-M The GUSTO (Galactic / Extragalactic ULDB Spectroscopic Terahertz Observatory)
Watters, George B-006-L US Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program (AMLR)
Williams, David G T-998-P Operation and maintenance of a CTBT radionuclide monitoring station at Palmer Station
Wilson, Terry G-079-E Collaborative Research: Investigating Ice Sheet - Solid Earth Feedbacks in West Antarctica: Implications for ice sheet evolution and stability
Zhan, Zhongwen A-137-S Pilot fiber seismic networks at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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