FORMATION, GROWTH, AND DECAY OF SEA ICE IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO.

• Main Author: Bilello,Michael A.
• Other Authors: SNOW ICE AND PERMAFROST RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT WILMETTE ILL
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1960
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*SEA ICE; PREDICTIONS); ARCTIC OCEAN; FREEZING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Eureka; Isachsen; Mould Bay; Arctic Archipelago; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0653137; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0653137

Freeze-up at Alert, Eureka, Isachsen, Mould Bay, and Resolute in the Canadian Arctic was observed to occur any time between the last week in August and the last week in September. A mathematical relationship between air temperature and sea-ice formation provided a favorable method for predicting the...