A Compendium of Arctic Environmental Information

• Main Authors: Welsh, James P, Ketchum, Jr , Robert D, Lohanick, Alan W, Farmer, L Dennis, Eppler, Duane T, Burge, Raymond E, Charles J Radl
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare; Acoustics; *ANTISUBMARINE WARFARE; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; *SEA ICE; *UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; BEAUFORT SEA; BERING SEA; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; CHUKCHI SEA; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTS; GREENLAND SEA; KARA SEA; LABRADOR SEA; LOGISTICS; MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; NAVAL OPERATIONS; NORWEGIAN SEA; OKHOTSK SEA; REMOTE DETECTORS; SUBMARINES; UNDERICE; USSR; LAPTEV SEA; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; BAFFIN BAY; DAVIS STRAIT; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Barents Sea; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Greenland; Kara Sea; Laptev Sea; Norwegian Sea; Okhotsk; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Davis Strait; Greenland Sea; Ice; Labrador Sea; laptev; okhotsk sea; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA167772; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA167772

The presence, and apparently specialized nature, of Soviet submarines in the Arctic has encouraged the U.S. Navy to take a more active role in investigating the Arctic environment especially relevant to antisubmarine warfare. This report presents an abridgement of some of the knowledge of the Arctic environment relevant to specific disciplines and is a starting point for new investigators of Arctic phenomena pertinent to naval operations. Topics covered include: Sea ice; Arctic oceanography; General climatology; Comparison of U.S. --U.S.S.R. Arctic programs; Arctic acoustics; Submarines in the Arctic; Arctic remote sensing; Adapting to the environment; Logistics. Appendices summarize information about the Barents Sea, Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea, Kara Sea, Greenland Sea, Laptev Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, East Siberian Sea, Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay/Davis Strait, Bering Sea, Norwegian Sea, and the Central Arctic. A bibliography and a summary of the WMO sea ice classification are also provided.