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, a...