5:15 PM - 7:15 PM
[ACG52-P15] Facility Upgrades and New Collaboration Opportunities Near Utqiagvik, Alaska - How can NOAA host your next Arctic science project at BRW?
Keywords:Arctic, Partnership, Collaboration, Atmospheric, Environmental, Change
The NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory (NOAA/GML), based in Boulder, CO, has operated a network of Atmospheric Baseline Observatories (ABOs) dedicated to long-term measurements of the changing climate system for over 50-years. These facilities, spanning the Pacific Basin from the Arctic to the Antarctic, are located in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antarctica. The Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory (BRW) is located in the Arctic on the northernmost point of the United States, approximately 8 km northeast of the village of Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow). In August 2022 NOAA celebrated the grand opening of the new, significantly-upgraded long-term BRW facility. Major facility and site upgrades substantially increased the scientific capabilities at BRW for hosting Arctic change research and providing opportunities for collaboration. The new LEED Silver state-of-the-art observatory is a flexible laboratory that includes over 120 m2 of collaborative project laboratory space, a large roof deck, a 30-meter instrument tower, a campaign science deck sized to hold two 6-m sea containers, fiber connection to the site, and permafrost temperature monitoring. These four, long-term NOAA facilities with technical staff, baseline atmospheric measurements, and meteorology are also available to support cooperative research proposals from the global community. This poster will highlight measurements at BRW and explain the process to host partner research projects.