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Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) Program

    The Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean program (SHEBA) is a coordinated project to investigate the role of arctic climate in global change. The primary goals of SHEBA are:

• To determine the ocean-ice-atmosphere processes that control the surface albedo and
  cloud-radiation feedback mechanisms over arctic pack ice, and to use this information to
  demonstrably improve models of arctic ocean-atmosphere-ice interactive processes;
• To develop and implement models that improve the simulation of the present day arctic
  climate, including its variability, utilizing coupled global climate models.

    SHEBA is an eight-year project (1995-2002) with three phases:

    Phase I, 1995-96. Analysis of existing data and models, development of technology.
    Phase II, 1997-99. SHEBA Field Experiment and initial data analysis.
    Phase III, 2000-02. Modeling and in-depth analysis of processes and feedback mechanisms.

SHEBA Science Plan, Jul 1996

For more information on the SHEBA program, visit their website.

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