| Summary: | As part of the Arctic Observing Network, an ice-tethered buoy was deployed in first year sea ice in the Spring of 2018. The buoy measured light, temperature, salinity and phytoplankton biomass within and under the ice through the spring. The buoy captured the complex light field that developed during the spring ice melt, as well as increased phytoplankton in the water column that represented the spring bloom. The data from the buoys provides unprecedented observations of the upper water column under current ice pack conditions, increasing in our understanding of the physical, biological and chemical impacts of a thinner and more fractured ice pack.
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