This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Polar Programs (CFDA 47.078) provides $231,050 in funding to the University of Washington to conduct research characterizing the impacts of snowfall and storm events on the coupled Antarctic sea ice and ocean system. The primary goal is to quantify how these episodic perturbations affect the Antarctic sea ice mass budget and upper ocean properties, using a combination of observational data and a newly developed one-dimensional coupled ice-ocean model. The findings will advance understanding of ongoing and future changes in Antarctic sea ice and their implications for global ocean circulation, carbon uptake, and ecosystem health. No subawards are planned under this grant, which has an award period from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2026.
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