Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys Coordination

Abstract

This grant is for the coordination of the Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys (SIZRS) program of repeated ocean, ice, and atmospheric measurements across the Beaufort-Chukchi sea seasonal sea ice zone (SIZ) utilizing US Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness (ADA) flights of opportunity. The individual observational components of SIZRS are covered in separate reports. Our long-term goal is to track and understand the interplay among the ice, atmosphere, and ocean contributing to the rapid decline in summer ice extent that has occurred in recent years. The SIZ is the region between maximum winter sea ice extent and minimum summer sea ice extent. As such, it contains the full range of positions of the marginal ice zone (MIZ) where sea ice interacts with open water.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601202

Entities

People

  • James Morison

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Coast Guard
  • Flight
  • High Resolution
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Open Water
  • Reconnaissance
  • Regions
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sea Ice
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Properties
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies