The Oceanographic Program for the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment.

During the 1975-6 program of the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX), observations of currents, temperature and salinity will be made in the upper layers of the Arctic Ocean. The primary objective is determination of water stress on drifting ice, one of the parameters in the numerical ice...

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Main Author: Hunkins,Kenneth
Other Authors: LAMONT-DOHERTY GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATORY PALISADES N Y
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1975
Subjects:
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA
*SEA ICE
*ARCTIC OCEAN
MEASUREMENT
TEMPERATURE
OCEAN CURRENTS
DRIFT
INSTRUMENTATION
SALINITY
AIR WATER INTERACTIONS
Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA007567
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Summary:During the 1975-6 program of the Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment (AIDJEX), observations of currents, temperature and salinity will be made in the upper layers of the Arctic Ocean. The primary objective is determination of water stress on drifting ice, one of the parameters in the numerical ice drift model being developed under the AIDJEX program. The oceanographic observations will be made at an array of four manned drift stations with separations of 100 km. Simultaneous measurements will be made at all four stations. Continuous current observations will be made at depths of 2 and 30 m. Current profiles from the surface to a depth of 200 m will be taken twice each day. Profiles of temperature and salinity will be taken twice each day also from the surface to 1,000 with Plessey salinity-temperature-depth recorders.

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