Waves and Fetch in the Marginal Ice Zone

Abstract

The primary objective is to improve wave source/sink parameterizations by directly measuring the growth and dissipation of waves in the MIZ. The secondary objective is to develop a surface wave climatology of the arctic ocean and the relation to the seasonal MIZ.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA601256

Entities

People

  • Jim Thomson

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Waves
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Boundary Layer
  • Ice
  • Information Operations
  • Marginal Ice Zones
  • Naval Operations
  • Oceans
  • Open Water
  • Regions
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Sea Ice
  • Surface Waves
  • Wave Power
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers