MIZEX: A Program for Mesoscale Air-Ice-Ocean Interaction Experiments in Arctic Marginal Ice Zones. MIZEX Bulletin VII.

• Main Authors: McPhee, Miles G, Ito, Hajime, Hibler, W D , III, Lepparanta, M, Johannessen, O
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1986
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *OCEAN CURRENTS; *AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; *SEA ICE; KINEMATICS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; STRESS ANALYSIS; AIR; DEFORMATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; ICE; FEEDBACK; MELTING; ARCTIC REGIONS; GREENLAND; STRAITS; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES; *Marginal zones; Fram strait; East Greenland current; *Air ice ocean interactions; Air ice interactions; Arctic; Greenland; East Greenland; east greenland current; Fram Strait; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA172265; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA172265

Contents: A Note on Estimating Melt Rate in the MIZ; Kinematics of Marginal Ice: MIZEX 83; On Estimating Ice Stress from MIZEX 83 Ice Deformation and Current Measurements; Crystal Structure of Fram Strait Sea Ice; MIZEX 84 Ice Surface Measurements from the FS Polarstern; 1984-85 Current Observations in the East Greenland Current: A Preliminary Description; An Ice/Air Feedback Mechanism for the Migration of the Marginal Ice Zone; The Planetary Boundary Layer in the Marginal Ice Zone; and An Air Ice Ocean Coupled Model for the Formation of Leads or Polynyas. Original contains color plates: All DTIC/NTIS reproductions will be in black and white. See also report dated Apr 86, AD-A169 070.