Development of a Sea-Ice Thickness Gage. An Attempt to use Shear Waves.

An experimental apparatus for the measurement of the thickness of sea-ice by the use of a shear wave reflection technique was designed and constructed. The apparatus was tested extensively in the Arctic during the summer of 1972. A portion of the apparatus, the horizontal impact source, produced rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Getman,James H., Moffett,Mark B.
Other Authors: RHODE ISLAND UNIV KINGSTON DEPT OF OCEAN ENGINEERING
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT
*SEA ICE
*OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
SHEAR PROPERTIES
THICKNESS
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
TEST METHODS
REFLECTION
RELIABILITY
SOUND WAVES
ARCTIC REGIONS
DOT/4IZ/IC
Arctic
Gage
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA006599
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA006599

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