THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARCTIC PACK ICE ON CLIMATE,

Abstract

An assessment is made of each component of the heat budgets of the surface and of the earth--atmosphere system in the central Arctic, both for an ice-covered ocean and for an ice-free ocean. The annual patterns of atmospheric heat loss for both conditions are obtained as residuals; the relation of these patterns to general atmospheric circulation and glacier accumulation is discussed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0619981

Entities

People

  • J. O. Fletcher

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Heat Loss
  • Losses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Regression Analysis.