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AOSB Newsletters (PDF)
| March 2005 | October 2001 |
| July 2003 | February 2001 |
| December 2002 | February 2000 |
| July 2002 (Special Issue on Sea Ice) | May 1999 |
| April 2002 | April 1999 |
International ACSYS/CliC Project Office (IACPO): Report to the AOSB on Recent Variations in Arctic Sea-Ice Thickness (PDF- 654KB)
AOSB Books
The integrated Arctic Ocean Observing System (iAOOS): A Report of the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board Written by Robert Dickson, CEFAS, with inputs from iAOOS PIs.
| 2007 report | 2008 report |
The AOSB-supported IAPP program has published a text book _Polynyas: Windows to the World_, edited by Drs. David Barber and Walker Smith. It was published in May 2007.
More information can be found at:
http://www.biolc.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/711432/description#description
Arctic-Subarctic Ocean Fluxes: Defining the Role of the Northern Seas in Climate
Dickson, Robert R.; Meincke, Jens; Rhines, Peter (Eds.)
2008, X, 738 p. 304 illus., 220 in color., Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6773-0
For more information on the book we would like to refer you to its homepage at:
http://www.springer.com/geosciences/oceanography/book/978-1-4020-6773-0
The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean
Now available from Kluwer Academic Publishers in the U.S. or The Netherlands. This is the first book sponsored by the AOSB. The report is edited by Edward Lyn Lewis with associate editors E. Peter Jones, Peter Lemke, Terry D. Prowse and Peter Wadhams. It is 623 pages long and costs $86 USD. To order contact:
| Kluwer Academic Publishers P.O. Box 17 3300 AA Dordrecht THE NETHERLANDS |
Kluwer Academic Publishers 101 Philip Drive Norwell, MA 02061 USA |
Arctic Paleo-River Discharge (APARD)
Arctic Paleo-River Discharge (APARD), A New Research Programme of the Arctic Ocean Science Board. (1998). Ruediger Stein, editor. Reports on Polar Research vol. 279. Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Bremerhaven, Germany.
Greenland Sea Project (GSP)
Greenland Sea Project, an International Plan of the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board, 2nd edition. (April 1987). Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Bremerhaven, Germany.
International Arctic Polynya Program (IAPP)
International Arctic Polynya Program. (January, 1989). Prepared for the AOSB by the Institute of Marine Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775-1080.
Mission Statement and Core Programme for the International Arctic Polynya Programme. (January 1991). International Arctic Polynya Programme Scientific Coordinating Group of the Arctic Ocean Sciences Board. Prepared by the Joint Oceanographic Institutions Incorporated. Washington, DC.
Northeast Water Research Plan. (September 1991). International Arctic Polynya Project (sic). Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research. Bremerhaven, Germany.
NorthEast Water Polynya Symposium. (1-5 May, 1995). Book of Abstracts.Helsingør, Denmark.
"Polynyas: Windows to the World" edited by W.O. Smith and D.G. Barber has been published by Elsevier.
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