About the project

Overview

The Greenland Automated Mass Balance and Boundary Layer Experiment (GAMB2LE) is a research project led by the National Centre for Atmospheric Science as part of the Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) Forecasting Tipping Points programme. The FTP programme consists of 27 different projects focusing on Greenland Ice Sheet and surrounding areas, with the aim of developing an early warning system for climate tipping points. 

GAMB2LE will create a next-generation, modular, scaleable polar observatory capable of characterising the ice-atmosphere interface in remote and under-sampled areas of the Greenland Ice Sheet. The core of this effort, the Automated Unit for Remote Observations and Research of the Atmosphere (AURORA), will integrate advanced remote-sensing and in-situ instruments, Arctic-hardened unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and a sustainable renewable power system, enabling continuous, high-resolution data collection in even the most challenging environments. The AURORA is also specifically designed to act as a node for other sensors in a future early warning system.