Context: India’s Vishnu Nandan will be the only Indian aboard the multidisciplinary drifting observatory for the Study of Arctic
Climate (MOSAiC) expedition.
About MOSAiC:
- Spearheaded by the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany.
- It is the largest ever Arctic expedition in history.
- It will be the first to conduct a study of this scale at the North Pole for an entire year.
- The aim of the expedition will be to parameterise the atmospheric, geophysical, oceanographic and all other possible variables in the Arctic, and use it to more accurately forecast the changes in our weather systems.
- The international expedition will involve more than 60 institutions from 19 countries.
Significance:
- MOSAiC will contribute to a quantum leap in our understanding of the coupled Arctic climate system and its representation in global climate models.
- The focus of MOSAiC lies on direct in-situ observations of the climate processes that couple the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, biogeochemistry, and ecosystem.
MoSAic Observatory
The project with a total budget exceeding 60 Million €
has been designed by an international consortium of leading polar research
institutions under the umbrella of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC).
The results of
MOSAiC will contribute to enhance understanding of the regional and global
consequences of Arctic climate change and sea-ice loss and improve weather and
climate predictions.
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