Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics.
Data from the unclassified literature were reviewed to determine the regional and seasonal distributions of sea ice thickness, pressure ridging statistics, frequency of occurrence of polynyas, and keel/sail height ratios. Seasonal and regional maps and histograms of these properties were constructed...
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ftdtic:ADA159577 2023-05-15T14:49:20+02:00 Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics. Garrett,R P Bourke,R H NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA 1985-03 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA159577 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA159577 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA159577 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE THICKNESS TIME DEPENDENCE THESES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SEASONAL VARIATIONS STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS MEAN HISTOGRAMS HEIGHT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OPEN WATER ARCTIC REGIONS RIDGES ARCTIC OCEAN *Pressure ridges Polynyas Sea ice keels Sea ice sails Marginal ice zones First year ice Multiyear ice Text 1985 ftdtic 2016-02-21T00:56:40Z Data from the unclassified literature were reviewed to determine the regional and seasonal distributions of sea ice thickness, pressure ridging statistics, frequency of occurrence of polynyas, and keel/sail height ratios. Seasonal and regional maps and histograms of these properties were constructed. The majority of the data were obtained from submarines equipped with a narrow-beam, upward-looking sonar. As determined from an analysis of 17 submarine cruises, the overall mean thickness of Arctic sea ice above 65 deg N, including both deformed and undeformed ice, is 2.9 m with a standard deviation of 1.8 m. The overall seasonal mean ranges from approximately 2.4 m in spring to 3.3 m in summer. Local mean ice thicknesses ranged from less than 1 m near the marginal ice zone to greater than 7 m to the north of the Canadian Archipelago. Histograms of sea ice thickness reflect a bimodal distribution in winter and spring, an effect of the presence of thin first year ice. Due to ice melt in summer and autumn only a single mode of much thicker multi-year ice is observed. Master's thesis. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Canadian Archipelago Ice permafrost Sea ice Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE THICKNESS TIME DEPENDENCE THESES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SEASONAL VARIATIONS STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS MEAN HISTOGRAMS HEIGHT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OPEN WATER ARCTIC REGIONS RIDGES ARCTIC OCEAN *Pressure ridges Polynyas Sea ice keels Sea ice sails Marginal ice zones First year ice Multiyear ice |
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Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE THICKNESS TIME DEPENDENCE THESES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SEASONAL VARIATIONS STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS MEAN HISTOGRAMS HEIGHT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OPEN WATER ARCTIC REGIONS RIDGES ARCTIC OCEAN *Pressure ridges Polynyas Sea ice keels Sea ice sails Marginal ice zones First year ice Multiyear ice Garrett,R P Bourke,R H Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics. |
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Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE THICKNESS TIME DEPENDENCE THESES OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA SEASONAL VARIATIONS STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS MEAN HISTOGRAMS HEIGHT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OPEN WATER ARCTIC REGIONS RIDGES ARCTIC OCEAN *Pressure ridges Polynyas Sea ice keels Sea ice sails Marginal ice zones First year ice Multiyear ice |
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Data from the unclassified literature were reviewed to determine the regional and seasonal distributions of sea ice thickness, pressure ridging statistics, frequency of occurrence of polynyas, and keel/sail height ratios. Seasonal and regional maps and histograms of these properties were constructed. The majority of the data were obtained from submarines equipped with a narrow-beam, upward-looking sonar. As determined from an analysis of 17 submarine cruises, the overall mean thickness of Arctic sea ice above 65 deg N, including both deformed and undeformed ice, is 2.9 m with a standard deviation of 1.8 m. The overall seasonal mean ranges from approximately 2.4 m in spring to 3.3 m in summer. Local mean ice thicknesses ranged from less than 1 m near the marginal ice zone to greater than 7 m to the north of the Canadian Archipelago. Histograms of sea ice thickness reflect a bimodal distribution in winter and spring, an effect of the presence of thin first year ice. Due to ice melt in summer and autumn only a single mode of much thicker multi-year ice is observed. Master's thesis. |
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Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics. |
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Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics. |
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Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics. |
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Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics. |
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Temporal and Spatial Distributions of Arctic Sea Ice Thickness and Pressure Ridging Statistics. |
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temporal and spatial distributions of arctic sea ice thickness and pressure ridging statistics. |
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1985 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Canadian Archipelago Ice permafrost Sea ice |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Canadian Archipelago Ice permafrost Sea ice |
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DTIC AND NTIS |
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APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE |
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