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Special Feature: The Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
Coupled processes and feedbacks in the Central Arctic
The Arctic is in a state of transition, with amplified warming, thinning sea ice, emergent processes, and wide-reaching impacts. Models are challenged to represent these changes. The international Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition of 2019-2020 used a coupled system approach to examine the processes and feedbacks that lead to the amplification of climate warming in the Arctic, the diminished Arctic sea ice, and their implications on weather, global climate, ecosystems, and model predictions. MOSAiC entailed freezing the icebreaker Polarstern, and an extensive collection of observational assets, into the Central Arctic ice pack for a full year to drift with the sea ice. Over this year, detailed observations of the atmosphere, seaice, snow, and ocean targeted physical, chemical, and biological processes. This Special Feature examines results from the MOSAiC expedition, including both individual components of the complex Central Arctic system and interdisciplinary research that cuts across multiple components. It draws upon a comprehensive suite of observations and samples, including in situ, aerial, and remote-sensing measurements, and a host of related modeling and synthesis activities. Lastly, it places MOSAiC within the context of other campaigns and analyses across the Arctic.
Brice Loose; Ilker Fer; Adam Ulfsbo; Melissa Chierici; Elise S. Droste; Daiki Nomura; Agneta Fransson; Mario Hoppema; Sinhué Torres-Valdés
Allison A. Fong; Clara J. M. Hoppe; Nicole Aberle; Carin J. Ashjian; Philipp Assmy; Youcheng Bai; Dorothee C. E. Bakker; John P. Balmonte; Kevin R. Barry; Stefan Bertilsson; William Boulton; Jeff Bowman; Deborah Bozzato; Gunnar Bratbak; Moritz Buck; Robert G. Campbell; Giulia Castellani; Emelia J. Chamberlain; Jianfang Chen; Melissa Chierici; Astrid Cornils; Jessie M. Creamean; Ellen Damm; Klaus Dethloff; Elise S. Droste; Oliver Ebenhöh; Sarah L. Eggers; Anja Engel; Hauke Flores; Agneta Fransson; Stephan Frickenhaus; Jessie Gardner; Cecilia E. Gelfman; Mats A. Granskog; Martin Graeve; Charlotte Havermans; Céline Heuzé; Nicole Hildebrandt; Thomas C. J. Hill; Mario Hoppema; Antonia Immerz; Haiyan Jin; Boris P. Koch; Xianyu Kong; Alexandra Kraberg; Musheng Lan; Benjamin A. Lange; Aud Larsen; Benoit Lebreton; Eva Leu; Brice Loose; Wieslaw Maslowski; Camille Mavis; Katja Metfies; Thomas Mock; Oliver Müller; Marcel Nicolaus; Barbara Niehoff; Daiki Nomura; Eva-Maria Nöthig; Marc Oggier; Ellen Oldenburg; Lasse Mork Olsen; Ilka Peeken; Donald K. Perovich; Ovidiu Popa; Benjamin Rabe; Jian Ren; Markus Rex; Annette Rinke; Sebastian Rokitta; Björn Rost; Serdar Sakinan; Evgenii Salganik; Fokje L. Schaafsma; Hendrik Schäfer; Katrin Schmidt; Katyanne M. Shoemaker; Matthew D. Shupe; Pauline Snoeijs-Leijonmalm; Jacqueline Stefels; Anders Svenson; Ran Tao; Sinhué Torres-Valdés; Anders Torstensson; Andrew Toseland; Adam Ulfsbo; Maria A. Van Leeuwe; Martina Vortkamp; Alison L. Webb; Yanpei Zhuang; Rolf R. Gradinger
Gina Jozef; John J. Cassano; Amy Solomon; Janet Intrieri; Gijs de Boer
Ian A. Raphael; Donald K. Perovich; Christopher M. Polashenski; David Clemens-Sewall; Polona Itkin; Ruibo Lei; Marcel Nicolaus; Julia Regnery; Madison M. Smith; Melinda Webster; Matthias Jaggi
Kirstin Schulz; Zoe Koenig; Morven Muilwijk; Dorothea Bauch; Clara J. M. Hoppe; Elise S. Droste; Mario Hoppmann; Emelia J. Chamberlain; Georgi Laukert; Tim Stanton; Alejandra Quintanilla-Zurita; Ilker Fer; Céline Heuzé; Salar Karam; Sebastian Mieruch-Schnülle; Till M. Baumann; Myriel Vredenborg; Sandra Tippenhauer; Mats A. Granskog
Ivo Beck; Alireza Moallemi; Benjamin Heutte; Jakob Boyd Pernov; Nora Bergner; Margarida Rolo; Lauriane L. J. Quéléver; Tiia Laurila; Matthew Boyer; Tuija Jokinen; Hélène Angot; Clara J. M. Hoppe; Oliver Müller; Jessie Creamean; Markus M. Frey; Gabriel Freitas; Julika Zinke; Matt Salter; Paul Zieger; Jessica A. Mirrielees; Hailey E. Kempf; Andrew P. Ault; Kerri A. Pratt; Martin Gysel-Beer; Silvia Henning; Christian Tatzelt; Julia Schmale
Günther Heinemann; Lukas Schefczyk; Rolf Zentek
Christian Pilz; John J. Cassano; Gijs de Boer; Benjamin Kirbus; Michael Lonardi; Mira Pöhlker; Matthew D. Shupe; Holger Siebert; Manfred Wendisch; Birgit Wehner
Benjamin Rabe; Christopher J. Cox; Ying-Chih Fang; Helge Goessling; Mats A. Granskog; Mario Hoppmann; Jennifer K. Hutchings; Thomas Krumpen; Ivan Kuznetsov; Ruibo Lei; Tao Li; Wieslaw Maslowski; Marcel Nicolaus; Don Perovich; Ola Persson; Julia Regnery; Ignatius Rigor; Matthew D. Shupe; Vladimir Sokolov; Gunnar Spreen; Tim Stanton; Daniel M. Watkins; Ed Blockley; H. Jakob Buenger; Sylvia Cole; Allison Fong; Jari Haapala; Céline Heuzé; Clara J. M. Hoppe; Markus Janout; Arttu Jutila; Christian Katlein; Richard Krishfield; Long Lin; Valentin Ludwig; Anne Morgenstern; Jeff O’Brien; Alejandra Quintanilla Zurita; Thomas Rackow; Kathrin Riemann-Campe; Jan Rohde; William Shaw; Vasily Smolyanitsky; Amy Solomon; Anneke Sperling; Ran Tao; John Toole; Michel Tsamados; Jialiang Zhu; Guangyu Zuo
Ran Tao; Marcel Nicolaus; Christian Katlein; Philipp Anhaus; Mario Hoppmann; Gunnar Spreen; Hannah Niehaus; Evelyn Jäkel; Manfred Wendisch; Christian Haas
Linda Thielke; Gunnar Spreen; Marcus Huntemann; Dmitrii Murashkin
Anne Sledd; Matthew D. Shupe; Amy Solomon; Christopher J. Cox; Donald Perovich; Ruibo Lei
Moein Mellat; Camilla F. Brunello; Martin Werner; Dorothea Bauch; Ellen Damm; Michael Angelopoulos; Daiki Nomura; Jeffrey M. Welker; Martin Schneebeli; Mats A. Granskog; Maria Hoerhold; Amy R. Macfarlane; Stefanie Arndt; Hanno Meyer
Janna E. Rückert; Philip Rostosky; Marcus Huntemann; David Clemens-Sewall; Kerstin Ebell; Lars Kaleschke; Juha Lemmetyinen; Amy R. Macfarlane; Reza Naderpour; Julienne Stroeve; Andreas Walbröl; Gunnar Spreen
Don Perovich; Ian Raphael; Ryleigh Moore; David Clemens-Sewall; Ruibo Lei; Anne Sledd; Chris Polashenski
Benjamin Kirbus; Jan Chylik; André Ehrlich; Sebastian Becker; Michael Schäfer; Roel Neggers; Manfred Wendisch
Falk Pätzold; Lutz Bretschneider; Stefan Nowak; Björn Brandt; Andreas Schlerf; Magnus Ole Asmussen; Sven Bollmann; Konrad Bärfuss; Barbara Harm-Altstädter; Peter Hecker; Birgit Wehner; Berend G. van der Wall; Torsten Sachs; Heidi Huntrieser; Anke Roiger; Astrid Lampert
Madison M. Smith; Hélène Angot; Emelia J. Chamberlain; Elise S. Droste; Salar Karam; Morven Muilwijk; Alison L. Webb; Stephen D. Archer; Ivo Beck; Byron W. Blomquist; Jeff Bowman; Matthew Boyer; Deborah Bozzato; Melissa Chierici; Jessie Creamean; Alessandra D’Angelo; Bruno Delille; Ilker Fer; Allison A. Fong; Agneta Fransson; Niels Fuchs; Jessie Gardner; Mats A. Granskog; Clara J. M. Hoppe; Mario Hoppema; Mario Hoppmann; Thomas Mock; Sofia Muller; Oliver Müller; Marcel Nicolaus; Daiki Nomura; Tuukka Petäjä; Evgenii Salganik; Julia Schmale; Katrin Schmidt; Kirstin M. Schulz; Matthew D. Shupe; Jacqueline Stefels; Linda Thielke; Sandra Tippenhauer; Adam Ulfsbo; Maria van Leeuwe; Melinda Webster; Masaki Yoshimura; Liyang Zhan
Gunilla Svensson; Sonja Murto; Matthew D. Shupe; Felix Pithan; Linus Magnusson; Jonathan J. Day; James D. Doyle; Ian A. Renfrew; Thomas Spengler; Timo Vihma
Evgenii Salganik; Benjamin A. Lange; Polona Itkin; Dmitry Divine; Christian Katlein; Marcel Nicolaus; Mario Hoppmann; Niklas Neckel; Robert Ricker; Knut V. Høyland; Mats A. Granskog
University of California Press