Environmental Measurements and Analysis: Arctic Acoustics Experiments in the Marginal Ice Zone

• Main Authors: Meredith, Roger W., Bucca, Paul J., McCoy, Kim
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ARLINGTON VA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Acoustics; *SEA ICE; *UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; *ACOUSTIC MEASUREMENT; *ARCTIC REGIONS; DEPTH; SEQUENCES; NAVIGATION; ICE; IMAGES; SEA WATER; OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; EXPENDABLE; BATHYTHERMOGRAPH DATA; GREENLAND; SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY; ARCTIC OCEAN ISLANDS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; UNDERICE; MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; MARGINAL ICE ZONES; FRAM STRAIT; PE62435N; WUDN496433; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Greenland; Svalbard; Fram Strait; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA220509; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA220509

From 27 April through 28 May 1988, personnel from NORDA and other institutions used the USCGC Northwind to establish an ice camp to conduct an environmental acoustics exercise in the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) between Greenland and Svalbard in the Fram Strait. This report documents the comprehensive set of environmental data collected in support of the acoustic measurements. These data include expendable bathythermographs, conductivity- temperature-depth profiles, both vertical and time series current meter casts, meteorological and navigational measurements, and satellite imagery. This report also provides a brief synopsis of the sequence of events that transpired during the exercise, a preliminary environmental analysis, and some suggestions for future MIZ experiments.