John Bilberry | MOSAiC

Tasks

I will operate and maintain 39 instruments on the ship and 9 instruments on the ice.

Science Questions

Surface energy budget of sea ice, clouds and precipitation, Aerosols and the atmospheric boundary layer. More specifically the energy budget of first-year sea ice, the annual cycle of central Arctic aerosol concentrations, the spatial organization of cloud-precipitation systems relative to sea-ice heterogeneity, the winter boundary layer evolution, or cloud-surface coupling processes over sea ice.

What are you most excited about the expedition?

I am excited to go out onto the sea ice. I expect one of the challenges will be performing precision tasks with small hand tools and tiny parts in the extreme cold.

What do you love most about the Arctic?

I have not been to the Arctic yet, but I am looking forward to it.