Sea state and boundary layer physics of the emerging arctic ocean

• Main Authors: Thomson, J., Squire, V., Ackley, S., Rogers, E., Babanin, Alexander, Guest, P., Maksym, T., Wadhams, P., Stammerjohn, S., Fairall, C., Perrson, O., Doble, M., Graber, H., Shen, H., Gemmrich, J., Lehner, Susanne, Holt, B., Williams, T., Meylan, M., Bidlot, J.
• Other Authors: University of Washington, Applied Physics Laboratory - APL
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: SAR-Signalverarbeitung; Institut für Methodik der Fernerkundung; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://elib.dlr.de/93641/; http://www.apl.washington.edu/research/downloads/publications/tr_1306.pdf

The Office of Naval Research initiated a Department Research Initiative (DRI) titled Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics of the Emerging Arctic Ocean. The central hypothesis of the 'Sea State' DRI is that surface waves now have a much greater role in the contemporary Arctic Ocean. Indeed, the entire Arctic Ocean in summer may soon resemble a marginal ice zone (MIZ). The Sea State DRI will use a combination of modeling, in situ observations, and remote sensing to address the following science objectives: 1. Develop a sea state climatology for the Arctic Ocean 2. Improve wave forecasting in the presence of sea ice 3. Improve theory of wave attenuation/scattering in the sea ice cover 4. Apply wave-ice interactions directly in integrated arctic system models 5. Understand heat and mass fluxes in the air-sea-ice system