ASPeCt is an expert group on multi-disciplinary Antarctic sea ice zone research within the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Physical Sciences program and is co-sponsored by CliC. Established in 1996, ASPeCt has the key objective of improving our understanding of the Antarctic sea ice zone through focussed and ongoing field programs, remote sensing and numerical modelling. The program is designed to complement, and contribute to, other international science programs in Antarctica as well as existing and proposed research programs within national Antarctic programs. ASPeCt also includes a component of data rescue of valuable historical sea ice zone information.
The overall aim of ASPeCt is to understand and model the role of Antarctic sea ice in the coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean system. This requires an understanding of key processes, and the determination of physical, chemical, and biological properties of the sea ice zone. These are addressed by objectives which are:
Co-Chairs are Marilyn Raphael and Steve Ackley. Learn more about this group by visiting their webpage.