THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARCTIC PACK ICE ON CLIMATE

• Main Author: Fletcher,J. O.
• Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: (*CLIMATE; ARCTIC OCEAN); (*ICE ISLANDS; (*ARCTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE); HEAT TRANSFER; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; GLACIERS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0619981; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0619981

An assessment is made of each component of the heat budgets of the surface and of the earth--atmosphere system in the central Arctic, both for an ice-covered ocean and for an ice-free ocean. The annual patterns of atmospheric heat loss for both conditions are obtained as residuals; the relation of these patterns to general atmospheric circulation and glacier accumulation is discussed. (Author)