Atmospheric Profiles, Clouds and the Evolution of Sea Ice Cover in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas
Abstract
Our central objectives are to 1) Assess the ability of global atmospheric reanalyses and forecast models to reflect the details of the seasonal evolution of atmosphere-ice-ocean interactions in the Beaufort Sea SIZ through the use coordinated multi-year atmospheric, ice, ocean measurements, 2) investigate how regional models can improve the representation of atmosphere-ice interactions in the SIZ, 4) determine how changes in sea ice and sea surface conditions in the SIZ affect changes in cloud properties and cover, 5) develop novel instrumentation including low cost, expendable, air-deployed micro-aircraft to obtain temperature and humidity profiles and cloud top and base heights.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Sep 23, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141613194
Entities
People
- Dale Lawrence
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- Regents of the University of Colorado
- United States Navy