ARCUS Student Award | 2nd Annual Award

2nd Annual ARCUS Award for Arctic Research Excellence

Winners of the 1998 Award

Submitted by: Kurt M. Cuffey
Authors: Kurt M. Cuffey and Gary D. Clow
Title: Temperature, accumulation, and ice sheet elevation in central Greenland through the last deglacial transition
Abstract: We present a combined heat- and ice-flow model, constrained by measurements of temperature... (continues)
Affiliation: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

Submitted by: Brenda Ekwurzel
Author: Brenda Ekwurzel
Title: Distribution and variability of freshwater sources within the Arctic Ocean surface and halocline waters
Abstract: Recent evidence indicates erosion of the highly stratified Arctic Ocean halocline in the Eurasian Basin... (continues)
Affiliation: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA

Submitted by: Sadredin C. Moosavi
Authors: Sadredin C. Moosavi and Patrick M. Crill
Title: CH4 oxidation by tundra wetlands as measured by a selective inhibitor
Abstract: Rates of methane (CH4) oxidation were measured in three wet sedge communities on Alaska's North Slope... (continues)
Affiliation: Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA

Submitted by: Brian T. Person
Authors: Brian T. Person, Christopher A. Babcock, and Roger W. Ruess
Title: Forage variation in broodrearing areas used by pacific black brant geese on the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, Alaska
Abstract: We investigated the effects of grazing by black brant geese on Carex subspathacea lawns... (continues)
Affiliation: Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

1998 Competition -- Other Submissions
Posted alphabetically by last name of the submitter.

 
Submitted by: Todd Arbetter
Author: T. E. Arbetter, J. A. Curry and J. A. Maslanik
Title: Effects of rheology and ice thickness distribution in a dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model
Affiliation: Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Submitted by: C. Loren Buck
Author: C. Loren Buck and Brian M. Barnes
Title: Body mass and composition changes and the annual cycle of free-living arctic ground squirrels (Spermophilus parryii)
Affiliation: Department of Biology and Wildlife, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Submitted by: Sheldon Drobot
Author: Sheldon D. Drobot and David G. Barber
Title: Towards development of a snow water equivalence algorithm using microwave radiometry over snow covered first-year sea ice
Affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Submitted by: Sheldon Drobot
Author: Sheldon D. Drobot and David G. Barber
Title: Heterogeneity in SWE retrievals over snow covered sea-ice
Affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Submitted by: Hughes Goosse
Author: H. Goose, T. Fichefet and J.-M. Campin
Title: The effects of the water flow through the Canadian archipelago in a global ice-ocean model
Affiliation: Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique G. Lemaître, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Submitted by: Hughes Goosse
Author: H. Goosse, J. M. Campin, T. Fichefet, E. Deleersnijder
Title: Sensitivity of a global ice-ocean model to the Bering strait throughflow
Affiliation: Institut d'Astronomie et de Géophysique G. Lemaître, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Submitted by: William A. Gould
Author: W. A. Gould and M. D. Walker
Title: Landscape-scale patterns in plant species richness along an arctic river
Affiliation: Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research/EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Submitted by: Joel Harper
Author: J. T. Harper, N. F. Humphrey and W. T. Pfeffer
Title: Crevasse patterns and the strain-rate tensor: a high resolution comparison
Affiliation: Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA

Submitted by: Stephen C. Jewett
Author: Stephen C. Jewett
Title: Assessment of the benthic environment following offshore placer gold mining in Norton Sound, northeastern Bering Sea - III. heavy metals in the red king crab Paralithodes Camtschaticus
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Submitted by: Clara Jodwalis
Author: Clara M. Jodwalis and Richard L. Benner
Title: On the possibility of remotely sensing global dimethl sulfide sea-to-air flux
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Submitted by: Lars F. Krutak
Author: Lars F. Krutak
Title: A medium for historical inscription: why the body?
Affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Submitted by: Bonnie Light
Author: B. Light, H. Eicken, G. A. Maykut and T. C. Grenfell
Title: The effect of included particulates on the optical properties of sea ice
Affiliation: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Submitted by: Alexander Mahura
Author: A. Gr. Mahura, D. A. Jaffe, R. J. Andres and J. T. Merrill
Title: Atmospheric transport pathways from the Bilibino nuclear power plant to Alaska
Affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Submitted by: Wendy Marks
Author: Wendy Marks
Title: The politics of ice: arctic ice in international law
Affiliation: Department of International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada

Submitted by: Johnny Mendez
Author: Johnny Mendez, Larry D. Hinzman and Douglas L. Kane
Title: Evapotranspiration from a wetland complex on the arctic coastal plain of Alaska
Affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Submitted by: Lisa M. Morris
Author: Lisa M. Morris
Title: Maps tell stories
Affiliation: Department of Northern Studies / Department of Art, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

Submitted by: Allan R. Phelps
Author: Allan R. Phelps, Kim M. Peterson and Martin O. Jeffries
Title: Methane efflux from high latitude lakes during spring ice-melt
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK, USA

Submitted by: Ziya Zhang
Author: Ziya Zhang, Douglas L. Kane and Larry D. Hinzman
Title: Spatially distributed arctic hydrologic simulations
Affiliation: Water and Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA