Height Variation along Sea Ice Pressure Ridges and the Probability of Finding 'Holes' for Vehicle Crossings
Height variations along sea ice pressure ridges were studied to determine whether low spots in the ridges persisted over long enough distances for a wide vehicle such as the surface effect vehicle to pass through them. Heights along eight pressure ridges varying in length from 0.9 km to 2.2 km were...
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1973
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| Online Access: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0772696 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0772696 |
| Summary: | Height variations along sea ice pressure ridges were studied to determine whether low spots in the ridges persisted over long enough distances for a wide vehicle such as the surface effect vehicle to pass through them. Heights along eight pressure ridges varying in length from 0.9 km to 2.2 km were measured at 5-m intervals using aerial photographic data obtained over the Beaufort Sea. The probabilities of finding holes at the mean heights of the ridges and 0.67 m above and below the mean heights were calculated as a function of the hole widths using an autocorrelation function obtained from the height data. The curves obtained were in good agreement with passage probabilities calculated directly from the data. |
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