A series of 10 videos highlights how the Alaska Ocean Observing System 2009 field experiment was conducted to test and refine models to forecast weather, ocean conditions, and circulation patterns in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Scientists explain and demonstrate how oceanographic data is collected with drifters, gliders, and other autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Interviews of participating scientists (including four women) provide a resource for career exploration.
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpQngP9HmKo||Field Experiment Overview - Interview with Dr. Scott Pegau|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkGs4GQMW7Y||Interview with Captain Jim Pettigrew - drifters and currents|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVFwxca2Xlk||Interview with Dr. Mark Halverson - circulation and biota|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4CRGHRErFs||Intro to AUVs - the Slocum and Remus gliders|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3n4gPwFQ9A||Slocum glider - highlights of an autonomous underwater vehicle|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIsAPd1l8pw||Interview with Rebekka Federer - marine mammal observations in PWS|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVFwxca2Xlk||Interview with Leslie Abramson - outlook on oceanography & career paths|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1PjRQxsQ4c||Interview with Kersten Cullen - perspectives from a field crew intern|||| target=']]
[[LINK||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-Jqk9bSgw4||Interview with Megan Cimino - perspectives from a graduate student|||| target=']]
A two-part story about the Alaska Ocean Observing System 2009 Prince William Sound Field Experiment. Part 1 explains the purpose of the experiment to test models for making accurate forecasts of the weather and ocean circulation in Prince William Sound, Alaska and the importance of these predictions to fishing, oil spill response, and safe boating. The second part focuses on the science, both in the field and in labs as far away as Rhode Island and California where the computer models converted real-time data into forecasts. The Prince's Predictions, Part I The Prince's Predictions, Part 2
SPRINTT:
- blends Western Scientific Knowledge with a balance of Indigenous Scientific Knowledge. Students look at changes in climate with the lens of Indigenous peoples who live in the North and are affected by climate change.
- students learn and investigate standards-based Earth, life and physical science topics in a polar context. Polar scientists inform the standards-based content and participate in training over a simple internet connection.
- simplifies information usually displayed within Excel. Made easier than Excel, students focus on analysis when participating in: 1) real-world INVESTIGATIONS, and 2) the exquisite Build-Your-Own, ONLINE STUDENT RESEARCH PAPERS.
- Integrates themes: Arctic and Antarctic, 'Past-Present-Future' and Earth's polar systems providing and integrating extensive STEM resources into the curriculum including hundreds of critically-acclaimed National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Resources.
Training and materials are free through the 2009-2010 school year
Produced by the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets. Online support and enhancements on the website for Byrd Polar Research Program, Ohio State University.
COSEE Alaska Office: 1007 West Third Avenue • Suite 100 • Anchorage, AK 99501• voicemail: (907) 274-9612 • facsimile: (907) 277-5242
email • Nora.Deans@nprb.org, Program Director or msigman@alaska.edu, Program Manager
