Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (1983). Part 1. Ice Characterization Measurements. Part 2. Helicopter-Borne and Ship-Based Radar Backscatter Measurement of Sea Ice in the Marginal Ice Zone.

Abstract

A series of sensor-oriented characterization measurements in support of the experiment's remote sensing efforts from the Polarbjorn ice strengthened ship during the 1983 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment were conducted. Measurements describe the physical properties of the ice in this region and are reported herein. Descriptions include: ice and snow thickness; ice salinity profiles; air, ice and snow temperatures; the construction of the snow pack; and general comments about floe topography.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA139894

Entities

People

  • R. G. Onstott

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Backscattering
  • Frequency
  • Glaciers
  • Marginal Ice Zones
  • Measurement
  • Physical Properties
  • Remote Detectors
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ridges
  • Scattering
  • Scatterometers
  • Sea Ice
  • Snow Cover
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Universities
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

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  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Polar and Arctic Studies