U.S. Navy Regional Climatic Study of the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap and Associated Waters

Abstract

This climatic study of The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom Gap and Associated Waters consists of monthly isopleth charts and/or tables of (1) clouds, (2) precipitation, (3) visibility, (4) mid and low range ceiling and visibilities, (5) wind-visibility-cloudiness, (6) mean scalar wind speed, (7) wind speed less than 11 knots and greater or equal to 34 knots, (8) wind speed 11-21 knots and 22-33 knots, (9) surface wind roses, (10) air and sea surface temperature, (11) wave height, (12) surface currents and (13) station climate summaries.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA257909

Entities

People

  • Phala L. Franks
  • Ronald G. Baldwin
  • William A. Bower Jr.
  • William O. Brown

Organizations

  • National Climatic Data Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Temperature
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Climate Change
  • Data Centers
  • Databases
  • Geography
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Ridges
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Water
  • Surface Temperature
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • United Kingdom

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Climatology
  • Marine Hydrodynamics