Eastern-Western Arctic Sea Ice Analysis.

• Other Authors: NAVAL POLAR OCEANOGRAPHY CENTER WASHINGTON DC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1979
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; *SEA ICE; *ARCTIC OCEAN; DETECTORS; METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; REMOTE SYSTEMS; ARCTIC REGIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CHARTS; Eastern Arctic Sea; Western Arctic Sea; Southern ice limits; ice free areas; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA086375; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA086375

The purpose of this atlas is to provide operators and researchers with reliable weekly hemispheric ice analyses. Satellite data limitations and other difficulties involved in manually synthesizing various forms of ice data have evolved the following analysis procedures: (1) Conventional shore station, ship, and aerial ice reconnaissance observations are plotted on base charts and evaluated for timeliness; (2) Satellite data is analyzed for ice information content, with the most recent and highest resolution considered first. Synthesis of conventional with satellite data yields the final analysis; and (3) Where sufficient data is not available to define the sea ice limit, an estimated ice boundary is depicted. After one week of no data availability the ice edge position is based on analyzed theoretical ice drift data and other diagnostic aids. During subsequent weeks of no data availability the ice edges approach seasonal mean positions.