Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys Coordination

Abstract

The goal of the Seasonal Sea Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys (SIZRS) is to track and understand the interplay among the ice, atmosphere, and ocean contributing to the recent decline in summer ice extent. The SIZ is the region between maximum winter sea ice extent and minimum summer sea ice extent. Under this grant we coordinated various SIZRS projects making monthly sections of ocean, ice, and atmospheric measurements across the Beaufort-Chukchi sea seasonal sea ice zone (SIZ) utilizing US Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness (ADA) flights of opportunity in the summers of 2012- 2014. In addition to SIZRS coordination, this report covers our measurements of ocean temperature, salinity, velocity and mixing across the SIZ.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 30, 2016
Accession Number
AD1026422

Entities

People

  • James Morison

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Atmospheres
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Chukchi Sea
  • Coast Guard
  • Computers
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Laptop Computers
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Open Water
  • Reconnaissance
  • Salinity
  • Sea Ice
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies