SNACS Projects

To ensure a high degree of cross-project collaboration and coordination, the projects will co-locate as much as possible to collaboratively investigate coastal processes, with the larger goal of understanding how interactions and linkages in all arctic coastal regions affect arctic and global systems. The SNACS investigators met in December 2004 to share plans and information and facilitate program integration.

The six SNACS projects represent a partial contribution to the interagency Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH). All six projects have plans for substantial education and outreach components, including internships for local students, production of a children’s book, and involvement of local residents.

SNACS Projects Activity Calendar
March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October
Mercury Location Barrow Components Snow and ice sampling	Organic Carbon Location Barrow Components Coring, field sampling	Synthesis and Scaling Location Toolik Lake, Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut Components Surface Water Sampling Mercury Location Barrow Components Snow and ice sampling	Carbon Interconnections Location Barrow, Atqasuk, Ivotuk Components Meta data collection, aerial surveys Synthesis and Scaling Location Toolik Lake, Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut Components Surface Water Sampling	Carbon Interconnections Location Barrow, Atqasuk, Ivotuk Components Meta data collection, aerial surveys Organic Carbon Location Prudhoe Bay Components Coring, field sampling Halomethane Gas Exchange Location Barrow Components Sample Collection Synthesis and Scaling Location Toolik Lake, Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut Components Surface Water Sampling	Bowhead Whales Location Barrow Components Crioses, aerial surveys Carbon Interconnections Location Barrow, Atqasuk, Ivotuk Components Meta data collection, aerial surveys Halomethane Gas Exchange Location Ivotuk and Toolik Lake Components Sample Collection Synthesis and Scaling Location Toolik Lake, Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut Components Surface Water Sampling	Bowhead Whales Location Barrow Components Crioses, aerial surveys Carbon Interconnections Location Barrow, Atqasuk, Ivotuk Components Meta data collection, aerial surveys Organic Carbon Location Barrow, Nuiqsut, Kaktovik Components Coring, field sampling Halomethane Gas Exchange Location Barrow Components Sample Collection Synthesis and Scaling Location Toolik Lake, Prudhoe Bay, Nuiqsut Components Surface Water Sampling	Halomethane Gas Exchange Location Barrow Components Sample Collection