Marine and terrestrial geology and geophysics

Foundation awards of funds for antarctic projects, 1 September 1996 through 31 January 1997

Award numbers for all awards initiated by the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) contain the prefix "OPP." However, funding of awards is sometimes shared by two or more antarctic science or support programs within OPP or between OPP antarctic and arctic science or support programs. For these awards, a listing is included under the heading for each OPP program that funded the project. The first amount represents the funds provided by that individual program, and the second amount, in parentheses, is the total award amount. All of these contain the OPP prefix. Additionally, investigators may receive funds for antarctic research from other divisions or offices of the National Science Foundation, as well as from OPP. When awards are initiated by another NSF division, the three-letter prefix for that program is included in the award number. As with awards split between OPP programs, antarctic program funds are listed first, and the total amount is listed in parentheses.

Biology and medicine

Anderson, Robert F. Columbia University, New York, New York. Management and scientific service in support of the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) Southern Ocean Process Study: Hydrography, coring, and site survey. OPP 95-30398. $574,591. ($1,443,359)

Anthes, Richard. University Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. University Center for Atmospheric Research educational outreach and related activities. OPP 96-43303. $20,000. ($568,243)

Chin, Yu-Ping. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. The effect of dissolved organic matter on the photolysis and bioaccumulation of synthetic organic compounds in two lakes on Ross Island, Antarctica. OPP 96-16287. $9,000. ($50,067)

Day, Thomas A. Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona. Ozone depletion, ultraviolet-B radiation, and vascular plant performance in Antarctica. OPP 93-17019. $86,064. ($210,021)

Fauchald, Kristian. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Biological collections from polar regions. OPP 96-43726. $26,267. ($213,467)

Gardner, Chester S. University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois. Iron boltzman temperature lidar for studies of middle atmosphere global change. OPP 96-12251. $300,000. ($800,000)

Hofmann, Eileen E. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. Synthesis of existing high resolution Long-Term Ecological Research/Icecolors databases to advance physical bio-optical modeling of antarctic primary production. OPP 96-18383. $50,000.

Koger, Ronald G. Antarctic Support Associates, Englewood, Colorado. Logistics support of operations/research activities related to the U.S. program in Antarctica. OPP 96-43915. $40,700. ($12,890,867)

Prézelin, Barbara B. University of California, Santa Barbara, California. Synthesis of existing high-resolution Long-Term Ecological Research/Icecolors databases to advance physical-bio-optical modeling of antarctic primary production. OPP 96-14938. $105,050.

Priscu, John C. Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana. Antarctic lake-ice microbial consortia: Origin, distribution, and growth physiology. OPP 97-40012. $6,225.

Smith, Raymond C. University of California, Santa Barbara, California. Long-term ecological research on the antarctic marine ecosystem: An ice-dominated environment. OPP 96-32763. $710,000.

Smith, Walker O. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee. Management and scientific services in support of the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) southern ocean process study: Nutrients. OPP 95-30382. $371,676. ($999,442)

Ware, Randolph H. University Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. Support of University Navstar Consortium and related activities. OPP 96-15934. $25,000. ($1,955,747)

Weiler, C. Susan. Whitman College, Walla Walla, Washington. Dissertations initiative for the advancement of limnology and oceanography (DIALOG) II. OPP 96-28543. $15,000. ($45,000)

Marine and terrestrial geology and geophysics

Cande, Steven C. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California. Early tertiary tectonic evolution of the Pacific-Australia-Antarctic Plate circuit. OPP 94-16989. $18,838. ($215,146)

Cole, Julia E. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Acquisition of a stable isotope mass spectrometer for automated carbonate analysis: Analytical instrumentation for earth science/global change research. OPP 96-28080. $9,500. ($113,487)

Crowley, Thomas J. Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Modeling Paleozoic glaciations. OPP 96-15011. $96,200.

Finn, Carol. U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia. Lithospheric controls on the behavior of the west antarctic ice sheet: Corridor Aerogeophysics of the Eastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ/WAIS). OPP 96-43267. $48,054.

Frey, Frederick A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Evolution of the Kerguelen plume: Constraints from geochemical studies of lava sequences in the Kerguelen Archipelago. OPP 96-14532. $60,000. ($188,500)

Koger, Ronald G. Antarctic Support Associates, Englewood, Colorado. Logistics support of operations/research activities related to the U.S. program in Antarctica. OPP 96-43915. $113,613. ($12,890,867)

Kyle, Philip R. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico. Mount Erebus volcano observatory. OPP 97-40065. $2,883. ($5,683)

Pittenger, Richard F. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Ship operations. OPP 96-43819. $24,000. ($57,500)

Siddoway, Christine S. Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Investigation of structures, structural fabrics, and metamorphic associations in northern Victoria Land. OPP 97-02161. $17,969.

Stock, Joann M. California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California. Early Tertiary tectonic evolution of the Pacific-Australia-Antarctic Plate circuit. OPP 97-40297. $8,335. ($16,670)

Ware, Randolph H. University Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. Support of University Navstar Consortium and related activities. OPP 96-15934. $25,747. ($1,955,747)

Wise, Sherwood W. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Curatorship of antarctic collections. OPP 96-43483. $21,904.

Ocean and climate studies

Hall, Michael J. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Washington, D.C. Support for Argos data collection and location system. OPP 96-42925. $20,158. ($638,651)

Koger, Ronald G. Antarctic Support Associates, Englewood, Colorado. Logistics support of operations/research activities related to the U.S. program in Antarctica. OPP 96-43915. $15,568. ($12,890,867)

Stearns, Charles R. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Antarctic Meteorological Research Center: 1996-2000. OPP 95-27603. $80,000. ($180,000)

Aeronomy and astrophysics

Engebretson, Mark J. Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Induction antennas for British Antarctic Survey automatic geophysical observatories. OPP 93-16750. $90,801. ($174,560)

Fritts, David C. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Correlative midfrequency radar studies of large-scale middle atmospheric dynamics in the Antarctic. OPP 93-19068. $131,771. ($263,326)

Hall, Michael J. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C. Support for Argos data collection and location system. OPP 96-42925. $467. ($638,651)

Murcray, Frank J. University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. Ground-based infrared measurements in Antarctica. OPP 95-26913. $35,006. ($139,998)

Rosenberg, Theodore J. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. Riometry in Antarctica and conjugate regions. OPP 95-05823. $50,000 ($591,608)

Glaciology

Blankenship, Donald D. University of Texas, Austin, Texas. WAISCORES (west antarctic sheet ice cores) site selection. OPP 96-15251. $148,422.

Conway, Howard. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Origin and properties of subfreezing basal ice. OPP 97-40190. $27,669.

Denton, George H. University of Maine, Orono, Maine. Deglacial radiocarbon chronology of the western Ross Sea from relative sea-level curves. OPP 96-15285. $27,550.

Hall, Michael J. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C. Support for Argos data collection and location system. OPP 96-42925. $1,850. ($638,651)

Jacobel, Robert W. Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Ice-radar and satellite remote-sensing studies of glaciers and ice sheets, II. OPP 95-31501. $18,601. ($67,352)

Jacobel, Robert W. Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. Siple Dome glaciology and ice-stream history. OPP 93-16338. $56,924. ($161,906)

Kurz, Mark D. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Chronology of antarctic glaciations. OPP 94-18333. $132,827. ($264,191)

Mayewski, Paul A. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. Scientific management of the National Ice Core Laboratory. OPP 96-17009. $27,574. ($52,574)

Mayewski, Paul A. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. Siple Dome deep ice-core glaciochemistry and regional survey--A contribution to the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative. OPP 95-26449. $140,000. ($202,368)

Mosley-Thompson, Ellen. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. The quantitative assessment of the Mount Pinatubo signal in antarctic snow. OPP 97-40375. $4,964.

Prentice, Michael L. University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire. An inventory of environmental features in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, and their recent changes using a geographic information system. OPP 96-27625. $3,733. ($296,968)

Raymond, Charles F. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Origin and implications of small-scale surface topography on Siple Coast ice streams. OPP 95-26707. $41,698. ($84,026)

Saltzman, Eric S. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Biogenic sulfur in the Siple Dome ice core. OPP 96-15333. $125,221.

Taylor, Kendrick C. Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada. Electrical and optical measurements on the Siple Dome ice core. OPP 95-26420. $79,122. ($88,298)

Waddington, Edwin D. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Analysis of existing geophysical data from Taylor Dome for ice-core interpretation and relation to the dry valleys geomorphological climate record. OPP 94-21644. $77,784. ($155,526)

Waddington, Edwin D. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. Ice-modeling study of Siple Dome: West antarctic ice sheet ice dynamics, WAISCORES (west antarctic ice sheet cores) paleoclimate and ice-stream/ice-dome interactions. OPP 94-20648. $81,216. ($159,474)

Waddington, Edwin D. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. WAISCORES (west antarctic ice sheet cores) site selection. OPP 96-15169. $26,579.

Ware, Randolph H. University Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. Support of University Navstar Consortium and related activities. OPP 96-15934. $35,000. ($1,955,747)

Whillans, Ian M. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Laser altimetry for ice-sheet volume-balance: A use of the Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research (SOAR) facility. OPP 96-15114. $42,989.

White, James W. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Isotopic measurements on the west antarctic ice sheet/Siple Dome ice cores. OPP 95-26979. $70,000. ($135,000)

White, James W. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Stable isotope measurements on shallow cores from West Antarctica. OPP 94-18642. $56,337. ($109,742)

Environmental research

Services and support

Binaut, Thomas L. Friday Systems Services, Inc., Lanham-Seabrook, Maryland. Editorial support for the Office of Polar Programs (OPP) report, Polar Research: Preparing for the 21st Century. OPP 97-02228. $1,427.

Blaisdell, George. U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire. Technical support for the U.S. Antarctic Program. OPP 96-43795. $30,000.

Blaisdell, George. U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire. Technical support for the U.S. Antarctic Program. OPP 97-40091. $374,978.

Fauchald, Kristian. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Biological collections from polar regions. OPP 96-43726. $187,200. ($213,467)

Fowler, Alfred N. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C. Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs Secretariat. OPP 97-40433. $41,775

Hall, Michael J. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Washington, D.C. Support for Argos data collection and location system. OPP 96-42925. $47,755. ($638,651)

Hibben, Stuart G. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstracting and indexing service for Current Antarctic Literature. OPP 97-40385. $234,029.

Koger, Ronald G. Antarctic Support Associates, Englewood, Colorado. Logistics support of operations/research activities related to the U.S. program in Antarctica. OPP 96-43915. $12,890,867

Koger, Ronald G. Antarctic Support Associates, Englewood, Colorado. Logistics support of operations/research activities related to the U.S. program in Antarctica. OPP 96-44010. $14,962 ($65,423)

Koger, Ronald G. Antarctic Support Associates, Englewood, Colorado. Logistics support of operations/research activities related to the U.S. program in Antarctica. OPP 97-40725. $30,000,000.

Kvitek, Rikk G. San Jose State University, San Jose, California. Hydrographic survey and geographic information system database development for anthropogenic debris and marine habitats at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. OPP 96-43151. $30,000. ($51,532)

Lewis, Michael R. Jackson and Tull Chartered, Washington, D.C. Communication and engineering support services for the U.S. Antarctic Program. OPP 97-40547. $67,399.

Onuma, Tsuyoshi. Navy Facilities and Engineering Command, Arlington, Virginia. Engineering support for the antarctic program. OPP 96-43240. $235,000.

Onuma, Tsuyoshi. Navy Facilities and Engineering Command, Arlington, Virginia. Engineering support for the antarctic program. OPP 97-40266. $15,000. ($100,000)

Rounds, Fred. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. Internet telecommunications support for the U.S. Antarctic Program. OPP 96-43686. $25,000.

Scharfen, Gregory R. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. U.S. Antarctic Data Coordination Center at WDC-A/National Snow and Ice Data Center. OPP 96-29768. $63,504. ($123,814)

Schommer, John. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Aviation management services. OPP 97-40100. $288,155.

Shah, Raj N. Capital Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, Maryland. Proposal processing and travel support to Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. OPP 96-43712. $36,331.

Shah, Raj N. Capital Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, Maryland. Proposal processing and travel support to Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. OPP 96-43897. $4,940.

Shah, Raj N. Capital Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, Maryland. Proposal processing and travel support to Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation. OPP 96-43757. $10,948.

Smith, Charles H. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. Logistic support of the U.S. program in Antarctica. OPP 96-43769. $7,912,625.

Smith, Steven M. International Center for Antarctic Information, Christchurch, New Zealand. Preparation of management plans for Antarctic Specially Managed Areas. OPP 96-43266. $43,907.

Smith, Steven M. International Center for Antarctic Information, Christchurch, New Zealand. Antarctic Master Directory. OPP 96-15205. $59,613.

Stearns, Charles R. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. Antarctic Meteorological Research Center: 1996-2000. OPP 95-27603. $100,000. ($180,000)

Ware, Randolph H. University Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado. Support of University Navstar Consortium and related activities. OPP 96-15934. $70,000. ($1,955,747)

Wratt, Gillian. New Zealand Antarctic Program, Christchurch, New Zealand. Cape Roberts Project. OPP 97-40030. $150,000.