SWIFT Observations in the Arctic Sea State DRI

Abstract

The long-term goal is to understand the role of waves and sea state in the Arctic Ocean, such that forecast models are improved and a robust climatology is defined. The objectives are to: develop a sea state climatology for the Arctic Ocean, improve wave forecasting in the presence of sea ice, improve theory of wave attenuation/scattering in the sea ice cover, apply waveice interactions directly in integrated arctic system models, and understand heat and mass fluxes in the airseaice system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1013737

Entities

People

  • Jim Thomson

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Boundary Layer
  • Climatology
  • Distribution Functions
  • Ice
  • Marginal Ice Zones
  • Naval Operations
  • Oceans
  • Open Water
  • Probability
  • Probability Distribution Functions
  • Probability Distributions
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sea Ice
  • Water
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies