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Program Officer Jane Dionne Program
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The OPP Arctic Natural Sciences Program is a multidisciplinary program within OPP which supports research in the atmospheric sciences, biological sciences, earth sciences, glaciology, and oceanography. This program provides support for disciplinary research in the Arctic, often in concert with the Directorates for Geosciences and Biological Sciences and with the Antarctic Glaciology Program. |
Above: Fluctuations of calving front of Jakobshavn Glacier, West Greenland. |
In upper atmospheric and space
physics, research interests include auroral studies,
magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, atmospheric dynamics and
chemistry as well as magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling. Conjugate
studies are considered jointly with the Antarctic Aeronomy and Astrophysics
Program.
Biological SciencesOPP supports projects emphasizing understanding of the adaptation of organisms to the arctic environment. Biological studies in the Arctic include: research in freshwater, marine, and terrestrial biology; organismal adaptation to the arctic environment; ecology; ecosystem structure and processes; and the biological consequences of ultraviolet radiation. OPP also participates in the Biocomplexity in the Environment initiative. |
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