Scientific Plan for the Proposed Nansen Drift Station

While field stations on drifting pack ice will remain useful for special purposes, recent scientific and technological developments have fostered the idea to use or, reuse with modern means, the icebreaker supported by aircraft as a research platform. The project, entitled the 'Nansen Drift Sta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Untersteiner,Norbert, Aagaard,Knut, Alexander,Vera, Anderson,John, Barnett,Donald
Other Authors: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC POLAR RESEARCH BOARD
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1976
Subjects:
Meteorology
Biological Oceanography
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*SEA ICE
*ICEBREAKERS
*ARCTIC OCEAN
LOGISTICS SUPPORT
MARINE ATMOSPHERES
MARINE GEOLOGY
DRIFT
REMOTE DETECTORS
MARINE BIOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL
RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
MARINE CLIMATOLOGY
UNDERWATER SOUND
MAGNETOSPHERE
TECTONICS
MARINE GEOPHYSICS
PACK ICE
OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
Nansen Drift Station
Ocean basins
Paleoclimatology
Ice cover
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA047621
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA047621
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Summary:While field stations on drifting pack ice will remain useful for special purposes, recent scientific and technological developments have fostered the idea to use or, reuse with modern means, the icebreaker supported by aircraft as a research platform. The project, entitled the 'Nansen Drift Station' (NDS) is described in this report. The scientific program is planned to include: Marine Geophysics and Tectonics; Marine Geology and Paleoclimatology; Physical Oceanography; Biology and Biochemistry; Marine Acoustics; Heat and Mass Balance of the Ice Cover; Troposphere; Ice Physics and Engineering; Atmosphere-Ionosphere-Magnetosphere; and Remote Sensing. Includes envelope with map.

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