Ocean Profile Measurements During the Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys

Abstract

This grant is part 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. This report covers our grant to make ocean temperature, salinity, velocity and mixing profile measurements across the SIZ. 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, 2014
Accession Number
ADA617903

Entities

People

  • James Morison

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Chukchi Sea
  • Coast Guard
  • Computers
  • Information Operations
  • Laptop Computers
  • Measurement
  • Oceans
  • Open Water
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reconnaissance
  • Regions
  • Sea Ice
  • Surface Temperature
  • Water

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies