Atmospheric Control of the Surface Energy Budget

Abstract

LONG-TERM GOALS. Provide the observational and theoretical foundation for the dynamics in a high resolution sea ice model. Understand how the atmosphere/ice system responds to changes in large-scale atmospheric forcing, including weather events and historical decadal trends. OBJECTIVES. Understand the scale interaction between the multiple floe scale (<10 km), the regional granular continuum scale (10 - 200 km) and the sub-basin scale (>200 km). Document how large-scale atmospheric changes such as the Arctic Oscillation (AO) influence regional sea ice thermodynamic and dynamic processes based on the heterogeneous and plastic nature of sea ice.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1999
Accession Number
ADA629895

Entities

People

  • James E. Overland

Organizations

  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Temperature
  • Atmosphere Models
  • Atmospheres
  • Beaufort Sea
  • Data Sets
  • Energy
  • Heat Flux
  • High Latitudes
  • High Resolution
  • Ice
  • Materials
  • Models
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Sea Ice
  • Surface Energy
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies