Report of the Arctic Ice Observing and Forecasting Program - 1970

The report contains a summary of Naval Oceanographic Office and Naval Weather Service ice operations during 1970. Describes operational aspects of obtaining and disseminating ice information and the ice forecasting and observing program. Ice charts including Danish data depict observed synoptic ice...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE BAY SAINT LOUIS MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1972
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*SEA ICE
CLOUD COVER
FREEZING
ICEBREAKERS
MELTING
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES
ROUGHNESS
SURFACE PROPERTIES
THICKNESS
*birds eye project
spaceborne photography
*ice forecasting
Arctic
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0750744
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0750744
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Summary:The report contains a summary of Naval Oceanographic Office and Naval Weather Service ice operations during 1970. Describes operational aspects of obtaining and disseminating ice information and the ice forecasting and observing program. Ice charts including Danish data depict observed synoptic ice conditions throughout the year. Ice conditions interpreted from satellite photographs are included separately. Locations of oceanographic stations occupied in the polar and subpolar regions are included. See also report dated Aug 1970, AD877739.

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