Annual Report Number 14.

• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA ICE; SIZES(DIMENSIONS); DISTRIBUTION; MASS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; MELTING; BALANCE; HEAT; DECAY; HEAT BALANCE; SUMMER; ARCTIC OCEAN; WUNR307252; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Bering Sea; Prince Patrick Island; Ice; ice pack; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA125124; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA125124

The project is focused on problems related to the summer decay and retreat of a sea ice cover. Research topics include: (1) interaction of shortwave radiation with the ice and upper ocean, (2) lateral melting and erosion in leads, (3) floe size distribution, (4) optical properties of ice and snow, and (5) ice growth in large leads and polynyhas. Field work was carried out near Prince Patrick Island in the Canadian Arctic and over the ice pack in the Bering Sea.