Ice Thickness Observations Along the Coasts of Eastern Canada and Southern Greenland.

Between 1943 and 1951 the U.S. Air Force, in cooperation with Canada and Denmark, made ice thickness measurements at 22 stations along the coasts of eastern Canada and southern Greenland and on nearby lakes and rivers. This report includes the thickness data (not previously published) as well as des...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bilello,M. A., Bates,R. E., Riley,J.
Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER N H
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1970
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
(*SEA ICE
*CANADA)
(*GREENLAND
SEA ICE)
COASTAL REGIONS
THICKNESS
LAKES
RIVERS
PREDICTIONS
BAFFIN ISLAND
TRAFFICABILITY
TABLES(DATA)
ICE FORECASTING
ICE BREAKUP
Baffin Island
Canada
Greenland
Baffin
Greenland Sea
Ice
Newfoundland
permafrost
Sea ice
Sondre Stromfjord
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0715424
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0715424
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Summary:Between 1943 and 1951 the U.S. Air Force, in cooperation with Canada and Denmark, made ice thickness measurements at 22 stations along the coasts of eastern Canada and southern Greenland and on nearby lakes and rivers. This report includes the thickness data (not previously published) as well as descriptions of surface conditions, snow depths and other information bearing on aircraft and ice surface transport operations. Greatest ice thicknesses ranged from 31 inches (Presque Isle, Maine) to 94 inches (Sondre Stromfjord, Greenland). Least thicknesses at the time of maximum ice ranged from 15 inches (Presque Isle) to 47 inches (Cape Dan, Greenland). The average number of days of ice cover is given for all stations. It ranged from around 100 days in southern Newfoundland to around 250 days in northern Baffin Island. (Author)

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