Ice Thickness Distribution Test

Abstract

Our long term goal is to undertake an experiment that will test the theory of how sea ice thickness distribution is changed by thermodynamics and by large-scale deformation. The minimal experiment envisaged involves two sequential surveys of ice draft in some region by an upward-looking sonar carried on a submarine. The theory is tested by seeing whether the change predicted over the time interval between the two surveys matches the change observed by submarine.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA627591

Entities

People

  • D. A. Rothrock
  • Gary A. Maykut

Organizations

  • University of Washington

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Data Sets
  • Ice
  • Information Operations
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Puget Sound
  • Sea Ice
  • Submarines
  • Surveys
  • Thickness
  • Time Intervals
  • Universities

Readers

  • Polar and Arctic Studies
  • Regression Analysis.
  • Theoretical Analysis.