Trip Report, APLIS 07, Spring 2007, Beaufort Sea

Abstract

The ICEX/APLIS (Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station) 2007 project was a two-sponsor project tor APL/UW. The primary sponsor was the Navy with the Arctic Submarine Laboratory as their project coordinator. The secondary sponsor was the National Science Foundation with VECO Polar Resources as their project coordinator. The Navy project at APLIS involved two submarines that operated on the APLIS underwater tracking range: USS Alexandria (SSN 757) and the Royal Navy submarine HMS Tireless (S 88). The NSF project primarily involved study of sea ice mechanics. Scientists deployed GPS recording and Argos reporting buoys to monitor ice-floe motion over a large area. The ice camp lasted from 3/2/07 to 4/16/07. This informal report presents information on the logistics and environmental measurements (CTD, weather, and floe drift) as well as appendices on some ancillary tests conducted at the camp.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 2008
Accession Number
ADA480859

Entities

People

  • Fred Karig
  • Timothy Wen

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beaufort Sea
  • Ice
  • Ice Mechanics
  • Mechanics
  • Navy
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Sea Ice
  • Submarines
  • Underwater Tracking
  • Uss Alexandria

Readers

  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space