The Ice Drilling Program Office (IDPO) and the Ice Drilling Design and Operations group (IDDO) were established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) effective October 2008 to coordinate long-term and short-term planning in collaboration with the greater US ice science community, and to be the principle supplier of ice drilling and ice coring support and expertise for NSF-funded research.
The IDPO is led by Mary Albert at Dartmouth College with collaborations at the University of Wisconsin (UW) and University of New Hampshire (UNH). The IDPO provides scientific leadership and oversight of ice coring and drilling activities funded by NSF and also oversees the IDDO.
The IDDO, led by Charles Bentley at UW, provides engineering design support for new drilling systems as well as the operation and maintenance of existing drill systems now under the purview of IDDO at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center (UW-SSEC). Many of the staff and familiar engineers and drillers who worked with the ICDS group under the previous contract to UW now provide the support for IDDO, with IDPO oversight.
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To produce and maintain long-term and short-term integrated science and drilling technology plans in collaboration with the U.S. ice coring and drilling research communities | To identify new technology needs, seek funding for technology development, and acquire new technology | To provide the drills, equipment, and drilling expertise needed by the science | To enhance communication and information exchange related to ice coring and drilling science and technology |
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