MMS Alaska Environmental Studies Program
Ongoing Studies
FY 2004
Program Lead |
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PLANNED NEW STARTS (FY 2004) |
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MMS | Review and Monitoring Ambient Artificial Light Intensity in the OCS and the Potential for Effects on Resident Fauna |
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MMS | Improvements in the Fault Tree Approach to Oil Spill Occurrence Estimators for the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas |
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MMS | Empirical Weathering Properties of Oil in Snow and Ice |
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MMS | Surface Circulation Radar Mapping in Alaskan Coastal Waters: Field Study Beaufort Sea and Cook Inlet |
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MMS | Aerial Photography of Bowhead Whales to Estimate the Size of the Western Arctic Population |
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MMS | Workshop on Bird Hazing/Deterrent Techniques: Phase I |
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MMS | Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Whales in Lower Cook Inlet |
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MMS | Survey of Steller's Eiders Wintering in Lower Cook Inlet |
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MMS | Movements and Habitat Use of Harbor Seals in Cook Inlet |
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MMS | Researching Technical Dialogue with Alaskan Coastal Communities: Analysis of the Social, Cultural, Linguistic, and Institutional Parameters of Public/Agency Communication Patterns |
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ONGOING STUDIES |
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Protected Species |
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MMS |
Monitoring the Distribution of Arctic Whales |
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Analysis of Covariance of Human Activities and Sea Ice in Relation to Fall Migrations of Bowhead Whales |
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MMS |
Protocol to Deflect Migrating Bowhead Whales Away from an Oil Spill |
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MMS |
Distribution and Abundance of Harbor Seals |
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MMS/BRD |
Development of Remote Sensing Survey Techniques for Arctic Marine Mammals: Pacific Walrus |
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MMS/BRD |
Polar Bear Den Survey: Workshop |
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MMS/BRD |
Simulation Modeling of Effects of Oil Spills on Polar Bear Population Dynamics |
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MMS/CMI |
Satellite Tracking of Eastern Chukchi Sea Beluga Whales in the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean |
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MMS/CMI | King and Common Eider Migrations Past Point Barrow |
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MMS/CMI | Population Structure of Common Eiders Nesting on Coastal Barrier Islands in the Beaufort Sea |
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MMS/CMI | Breeding Biology and Habitat Use of King Eiders on the Coastal Plain of Northern Alaska |
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MMS/CMI |
Importance of the Alaskan Beaufort Sea to King Eiders |
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MMS/CMI | Correction Factor for Ringed Seal Surveys in Northern Alaska | ||||
MMS/CMI |
Timing and Reinterpretation of Ringed Seal Surveys |
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MMS/CMI |
Satellite Tracking of Bowhead Whales: The Planning Phase |
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MMS/FWS |
Polar Bear Population Monitoring Workshop |
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MMS/FWS |
Demography and Behavior of Polar Bears Feeding on Stranded Marine Mammal Carcasses |
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MMS/NMFS |
Development of Remote Sensing Survey Techniques for marine Mammals and Birds in the Arctic: Harbor Sea Haulout Patterns |
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Biology |
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MMS | Analysis of Variation in Abundance of Arctic Cisco in the Colville River |
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MMS | Locating Overwintering Fish Habitat, Colville River/Beaufort Sea |
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MMS/BRD | Modeling Recovery Rates for Avian Populations | ||||
MMS/CMI | Premigratory Movements and Physiology of Shorebirds Staging on the Alaska North Slope |
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MMS/CMI | Role of Grazers on the Recolonization of Hard Bottom Communities in the Alaska Beaufort | ||||
MMS/CMI | Susceptibility of Sea Ice Biota to Disturbances in the Shallow Beaufort Sea | ||||
MMS/CMI | Foraging Ecology of Common Ravens on Alaska's Coastal Plain and Relationship to O&G Development |
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Physical Oceanography |
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MMS | Surface Circulation Radar Mapping in Alaskan Coastal Waters: Planning/Feasibility Study |
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MMS |
Synthesis and Collection of Meteorological Data in the Nearshore Beaufort Sea |
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MMS |
Beaufort Nearshore Currents |
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MMS |
Mapping and Characterization of Recurring Spring Leads and Landfast Ice in the Beaufort Sea |
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MMS/CMI |
Alaska Sea Ice Atlas |
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MMS/CMI | Workshop for Hydrological Model for Freshwater Discharge |
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MMS/CMI |
Water and Ice Dynamics in Cook Inlet |
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MMS/CMI | Measurements of Temperature, Salinity, and Circulation Hydrography in Central Cook Inlet, Alaska | ||||
MMS/CMI | The Circulation, Thermohaline Structure, and Cross Shelf Transport in Alaskan Beaufort Sea | ||||
MMS/CMI | CODAR in Alaska |
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MMS/CMI | Sea-Ice-Ocean-Oilspill Modeling for Nearshore Beaufort and Chukchi Seas: Improvement and Parameterization |
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MMS/CMI | High-Resolution Numerical Modeling of Near-Surface Weather Conditions: Cook Inlet/Shelikof |
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MMS/CRREL | Simulation of Landfast Sea Ice Along the Alaska Coast |
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MMS/NASA | Sea Ice Modeling for Nearshore Beaufort and Chukchi Seas |
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Fate and Effects |
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MMS | Persistence of Crude Oil Spills on Open Water | x | |||
MMS | Oil Spill Occurrence Estimators for Beaufort/Chukchi Sea OCS |
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MMS |
Revision of the OCS Oil Weathering Model: Phases II & III |
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MMS/CMI |
A Nowcast/Forecast Model for the Beaufort Sea Ice-Ocean-Oil Spill System |
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MMS/CMI |
Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degrading Microbial Communities in Beaufort Sea Sediments |
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MMS/CMI |
Trace Metals and Hydrocarbons in Sediments of Beaufort Lagoon Northeast Arctic Alaska |
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Social and Economic |
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MMS | Quantitative Description of Potential Impacts of OCS Activities on Bowhead Whale Hunting/Subsistence | ||||
MMS | Subsistence Mapping of Nuiqsut, Kaktovik and Barrow: Past and Present Comparison | x |
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MMS |
Collection of Traditional Knowledge of the Alaskan North Slope |
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MMS |
Synthesis/Book of Information on the Socioeconomic Effects of O&G Industry Activity, AK OCS |
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MMS | North Slope Borough Economy, 1965 to Present | x |
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MMS |
Social and Economic Assessment of major Oil Spill Litigation |
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Multidisciplinary |
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MMS |
Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (ANIMIDA) |
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MMS |
Continuation of Arctic Nearshore Impact Monitoring in Development Area (ANIMIDA) |
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MMS |
Update of Environmental Information for Cook Inlet, Chukchi/Hope Basin and Norton Basin Planning Areas |
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MMS/CMI |
MMS - University of Alaska Fairbanks - State of Alaska Coastal Marine Institute Management |
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Other |
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MMS | Beaufort Sea and North Slope Pipeline GIS Database | x |
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MMS | Determining Archaeological Potential of Buried Terrestrial Land forms in the Beaufort Sea: Phase I |
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MMS |
Conference Management and Reports on MMS Results |
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MMS |
Management, Logistics, and Warehouse Storage of Oceanographic Equipment |
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