A Comprehensive Modeling Approach Towards Understanding and Prediction of the Alaskan Coastal System Response to Changes in an Ice-diminished Arctic

Abstract

Our research combines state-of-the-art regional modeling of sea ice, ocean, atmosphere and ecosystem to provide a system approach to advance the knowledge and predictive capability of the diverse impacts of changing sea ice cover on the bio-physical marine environment of coastal Alaska and over the larger region of the western Arctic Ocean. The focus of this project on seasonally ice-free Alaskan coasts and shelves is in direct support of the "Coastal Effects of a Diminished-ice Arctic Ocean" and littoral studies of interest to the U.S. Navy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531839

Entities

People

  • John J. Cassano
  • John J. Walsh
  • Wiesław Masłowski

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Arctic Regions
  • Atmospheres
  • Bering Sea
  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate Change
  • Ecology
  • Ecosystems
  • Environment
  • High Resolution
  • Isotopes
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Physics
  • Polar Regions
  • Sea Ice
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Forest Ecology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers