MACRO- AND MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA
THE TUNDRA OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE IS CHARACTERIZED IN SUMMER BY COOL MARITIME WINDS, MUCH CLOUDINESS, LIGHT PRECIPITATION, AND FREQUENT DRIZZLE. IN WINTER, CLOUDINESS DECREASES AND VERY COLD KATABATIC WINDS PREVAIL INLAND WHILE EASTERLIES CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST. BY MID-SEPTEMBER A SNOW COVER IS GENER...
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ftdtic:AD0250549 2023-05-15T14:55:11+02:00 MACRO- AND MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA CONOVER, JOHN H. QUARTERMASTER RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMMAND NATICK MA 1960-10 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0250549 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0250549 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0250549 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS *MICROMETEOROLOGY METEOROLOGY PERMAFROST RECORDING SYSTEMS Text 1960 ftdtic 2016-02-18T15:04:37Z THE TUNDRA OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE IS CHARACTERIZED IN SUMMER BY COOL MARITIME WINDS, MUCH CLOUDINESS, LIGHT PRECIPITATION, AND FREQUENT DRIZZLE. IN WINTER, CLOUDINESS DECREASES AND VERY COLD KATABATIC WINDS PREVAIL INLAND WHILE EASTERLIES CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST. BY MID-SEPTEMBER A SNOW COVER IS GENERALLY ESTABLISHED; THIS BUILDS UP TO DEPTHS OF 14 TO 28 INCHES IN MARCH AND APRIL AND FINALLY MELTS IN JUNE OR JULY. MICROCLIMATIC MEASUREMENTS, INCLUDING WIND SPEEDS, TEMPERATURES ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE, AND DEPTH OF THAW PROFILES, WERE MADE NEAR THE COAST, IN THE COLVILLE VALLEY AND ON NEARBY SLOPES, AND IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BROOKS RANGE. SUMMER GROUNDSURFACE TEMPERATURES INLAND AVERAGED IN THE LOW 50'S WHILE SOIL WAS FROZEN 10-15 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE. MOST OF THE LAND WAS WET IN THE SUMMER DUE TO THE SHALLOW LAYER OF THAWED GROUND. THE FREQUENCY OF SURFACE THAWS AND FREEZES WAS LOW. TABLES OF TEMPERATURE, INSOLATION, WIND, AND VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT ARE GIVEN Text Arctic Brooks Range permafrost Tundra Alaska Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic |
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THE TUNDRA OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE IS CHARACTERIZED IN SUMMER BY COOL MARITIME WINDS, MUCH CLOUDINESS, LIGHT PRECIPITATION, AND FREQUENT DRIZZLE. IN WINTER, CLOUDINESS DECREASES AND VERY COLD KATABATIC WINDS PREVAIL INLAND WHILE EASTERLIES CONTINUE ALONG THE COAST. BY MID-SEPTEMBER A SNOW COVER IS GENERALLY ESTABLISHED; THIS BUILDS UP TO DEPTHS OF 14 TO 28 INCHES IN MARCH AND APRIL AND FINALLY MELTS IN JUNE OR JULY. MICROCLIMATIC MEASUREMENTS, INCLUDING WIND SPEEDS, TEMPERATURES ABOVE AND BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE, AND DEPTH OF THAW PROFILES, WERE MADE NEAR THE COAST, IN THE COLVILLE VALLEY AND ON NEARBY SLOPES, AND IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BROOKS RANGE. SUMMER GROUNDSURFACE TEMPERATURES INLAND AVERAGED IN THE LOW 50'S WHILE SOIL WAS FROZEN 10-15 INCHES BELOW THE SURFACE. MOST OF THE LAND WAS WET IN THE SUMMER DUE TO THE SHALLOW LAYER OF THAWED GROUND. THE FREQUENCY OF SURFACE THAWS AND FREEZES WAS LOW. TABLES OF TEMPERATURE, INSOLATION, WIND, AND VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT ARE GIVEN |
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QUARTERMASTER RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMMAND NATICK MA |
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CONOVER, JOHN H. |
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CONOVER, JOHN H. |
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MACRO- AND MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA |
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MACRO- AND MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA |
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MACRO- AND MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA |
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MACRO- AND MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA |
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MACRO- AND MICROCLIMATOLOGY OF THE ARCTIC SLOPE OF ALASKA |
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macro- and microclimatology of the arctic slope of alaska |
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1960 |
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Arctic Brooks Range permafrost Tundra Alaska |
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Arctic Brooks Range permafrost Tundra Alaska |
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