Meteorological Features during the Marginal Ice Zone Experiment from 20 March to 10 April 1987.

• Main Author: Schultz, Ryan R
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Meteorology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *MARINE METEOROLOGY; *STORMS; *FRONTS(METEOROLOGY); MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL REGIONS; EDGES; GREENLAND; GREENLAND SEA; ICE; ICELAND; MEASUREMENT; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA; SECONDARY; SHORES; WEATHER; WEST(DIRECTION); SEA ICE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; SPRING SEASON; AIR MASS ANALYSIS; SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; CYCLONES; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; DATA ACQUISITION; THESES; Marginal ice zones; Fram Strait; MIZEX-1987; Boundary layer fronts; Greenland; Norway; Norwegian Sea; Svalbard; Tromso; Greenland Sea; Ice; Iceland; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA193960; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA193960

Described are synoptic and mesoscale meteorological conditions which occurred in the marginal ice zone (MIZ) of the Greenland sea (Fram Strait). Meteorological measurements were made from three ships and weather analysis and ice edge location analysis were provided by shore meteorological support at...