Report of the Arctic Ice Observing and Forecasting Program - 1969.

• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1970
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ARCTIC REGIONS); (*SEA ICE; (*AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE; SEA ICE); PREDICTIONS; ROUGHNESS; THICKNESS; MELTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; OBSERVATION AIRCRAFT; PATROL AIRCRAFT; ICEBREAKERS; MAPS; *BIRDS EYE PROJECT; *ICE FORECASTING; SPACEBORNE PHOTOGRAPHY; Arctic; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0877739; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0877739

The report contains a summary of Naval Oceanographic Office and Naval Weather Service ice operations during 1969. It describes operational aspects of obtaining and disseminating ice information and the ice forecasting and observing program. Ice charts are provided covering 6-day periods include Danish and satellite data and depicting observed synoptic ice conditions. Locations of oceanographic stations occupied in the polar and subpolar regions are included. (Author) See also report dated Oct 69, AD-864 975.