2026-2027 Science Planning Summary
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2026-2027 USAP Field Season
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Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences

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Cassano, John O-400-M Observing the Atmospheric Boundary Over the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Grubisic, Vanda O-264-P Collection of Atmospheric Air for the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory’s Worldwide Flask-sampling Network
Grubisic, Vanda O-257-M/S UV Measurements at McMurdo Station for the NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory's Antarctic UV Network
Lazzara, Matthew O-283-M/S Collaborative Research: Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program
Lubin, Dan O-325-P Collaborative Research: Antarctic Low Cloud Interaction With Natural Aerosol (ALCINA)
Maksym, Edward O-406-M Collaborative Research: RAPID: Drivers and Implications of Recent Rapid Sea Ice Decline in the Ross Sea
Salesky, Scott O-315-M Collaborative Research: Snow Transport in Katabatic Winds and Implications for the Antarctic Surface Mass Balance: Observations, Theory, and Numerical Modeling
Stephens, Britton O-404-M Collaborative Research: Southern Ocean Carbon Gas Observatory (SCARGO)
Zappa, Christopher O-401-E Formation, Transformation, and Northward Spread of Dense Saline Water Derived From Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica
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