US-IGY DRIFTING STATION ALPHA ARCTIC OCEAN 1957-1958

Abstract

Contents: The Equilibrium Drift of Ice Station Alpha; The Roughness Parameters of Sea Ice; On the Mass and Heat Budget of Arctic Sea Ice; Heat Balance at the Surface of the Arctic Ocean; Remarks on the Cooling Power in Polar Regions; Seismic Studies of Sea Ice; Pack-Ice Studies in the Arctic Ocean; The Deuterium Content in Arctic Sea Ice; Waves on the Arctic Ocean; Seismic Studies of the Arctic Ocean Floor; Some Features of Arctic Deep-Sea Sedimentation; Dredged Gravels from the Central Arctic Ocean; Biological and Geological Observations on the First Photographs of the Arctic Ocean Deep-Sea Floor; Some Biological Oceanographic Observations in the Central North Polar Sea, Drift Station Alpha, 1957-1958; Some Remarks on Arctic Ocean Plankton, Arctic Archibenthal and Abyssal Mollusks from Drifting Station Alpha; Zooplankton Collections from the High Polar Basin with Special Reference to the Copepoda; Ice Drift in the Arctic Ocean; Preliminary Results of Thermal Budget Studies on Arctic Pack Ice During Summer and Autumn; The Trachymedusa, Botrynema Ellinorae, an Indicator Plankton of Arctic Water; Primary Production in the Central North Polar Sea; Drifting Station Alpha, 1957-1958; The Ice Floes of Station Alpha.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0477715

Entities

People

  • G. H. Cabaniss
  • K. L. Hunkins
  • N. Untersteiner

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Cells
  • Chemistry
  • Drops
  • Geography
  • Health Services
  • Hydrogen
  • Marine Biology
  • Measurement
  • Medical Personnel
  • Meteorology
  • Ocean Currents
  • Oceanography
  • Ridges
  • Sea Water
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies