Oceanographic Investigations During the AIDJEX Lead Experiment.

Abstract

The oceanographic component of the AIDJEX Lead Experiment was designed to provide information on the mechanical and thermodynamic processes active in the mixed layer of the Arctic Ocean that are directly attributable to the presence of open leads. Four deployments were made, the first and third to large floes of sea ice, the second and fourth to leads. The oceanographic and atmospheric experiments were to have been performed simultaneously on both edges of leads at the same locations so that heat and salt flux calculations could be compared and subsidiary tasks shared by both projects.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA007343

Entities

People

  • J. Dungan Smith

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Deployment
  • Energy
  • Heat Energy
  • Ice
  • Oceans
  • Sea Ice
  • Thermodynamic Processes

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Oceanography.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Theoretical Analysis.