Description of IOEB Program

• The scientific program which generated the IOEB studies the physical, thermodynamic, and biogechemical processes which operate in ice covered oceans, and their response to and effect on climate.

• The IOEB was developed at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution with support from the U.S. Office of Naval Research and the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, but has been assisted by numerous individuals from many organizations.

• IOEBs have been continuously monitoring air, ice, and upper ocean data in the Arctic pack-ice since 1992.

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