SWIFT Observations in the Arctic Sea State DRI

• Main Author: Thomson,Jim
• Other Authors: University of Washington Seattle United States
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: arctic ocean; marginal ice zones; sea state; ocean waves; ocean models; forecasting; climatology; sea ice; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1013737; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD1013737

The long-term goal is to understand the role of waves and sea state in the Arctic Ocean, such that forecast models are improved and a robust climatology is defined. The objectives are to: develop a sea state climatology for the Arctic Ocean, improve wave forecasting in the presence of sea ice, improve theory of wave attenuation/scattering in the sea ice cover, apply waveice interactions directly in integrated arctic system models, and understand heat and mass fluxes in the airseaice system.