- overview of the program's scientific questions and objectives
- description of autonomous, ice-based observation system
- Data Sets:
- plots and data from deployed buoys
- stories about the buoy deployments in the Arctic
- to related sites
The Autonomous Ocean Flux Buoy program is being conducted to monitor and better understand the delicate balance between the upper ocean, sea ice cover, and incoming solar radiation that sustains the perenial ice cover in the Arctic Ocean. A highly specialized observation system has been developed under National Science Foundation, Arctic Observing Network sponsorship to meet this goal. Explore the links on the left to learn more about the program.
- AOFBs 16 and 17 deployed in the Beaufort Sea by Rick Krishfield and co-workers
- AOFB 15 deployed at 2008 NPEO camp by Rick Krishfield and co-workers
- AOFB 11 melts out of the ice off the southeast coast of Greenland.