Wind Stress Inversion for the Arctic Ocean

Abstract

Autonomous Wave Glider and SWIFT buoy missions in summer 2018 mapped the surface temperature and salinity anomalies related to remnant sea ice in the Beaufort Sea, as well as heat transported from the Bering Strait (MacKinnon et al, 2021). The SWIFT measurements were further used to diagnose wave-driven transport along the edge of the marginal ice zone (Thomson et al, 2021). Year-long mooring observations using up looking Nortek Signature 500 profilers mounted on Stablemoor platforms from 2018-2019 recorded the ice draft and drift, along with wave activity and [inferred] wind forcing (Brenner et al, 2021). These measurements compliment an ongoing effort to measure surface waves and ice on the BGOS moorings, including a new data archive developed under this award (Thomson, 2020).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2021
Accession Number
AD1139982

Entities

People

  • James Thomson

Organizations

  • University of Washington Applied Physics Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Cold Fronts
  • Heat Energy
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Salinity
  • Sea Ice
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Waves
  • Water
  • Waves
  • Wind Stress

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Autonomy