Welcome to the Arctic Ocean ESONET Mission

The Arctic Ocean will be the site of the most significant and probably irreversible environmental change as climate warming proceeds through the 21^st century. Sustained ocean observing of key sites will be crucial to understand the “trajectory” of climate change. Fram Strait and western Svalbard shelf are key sites to undertake sustained seafloor / ocean observing in order to understand Arctic climate change, and are already the sites of some long-term observing. The Arctic Ocean ESONET Mission (AOEM) will address important facets of developing science understanding, technology, and real-time environmental data to enhance monitoring of Arctic Ocean climate change.

Proposed seafloor lander offshore Svalbard monitoring dissociating hydrates		Proposed operational oceanography observing system for Fram Strait