Forecasters Handbook for the Arctic

• Main Authors: Sechrist, Frank S., Fett, Robert W., Perryman, Dennis C.
• Other Authors: NAVAL ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION RESEARCH FACILITY MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1989
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *POLAR REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; STATISTICS; MOTION; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; CASE STUDIES; ICE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; IMAGES; PRESSURE; PATTERNS; BACKGROUND; INVERSION; MEAN; BARENTS SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA; LANDFORMS; ARCTIC REGIONS; GREENLAND SEA; BAYS; BEAUFORT SEA; SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY; ARCTIC OCEAN; KARA SEA; WEATHER; *WEATHER FORECASTING; *ICE FORECASTING; MARINE CLIMATOLOGY; LAPTEV SEA; DAVIS STRAIT; EAST SIBERIAN SEA; BAFFIN BAY; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; HANDBOOKS; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; ALASKA; CANADA; USSR; GREENLAND; OCEAN BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; PE63704N; WUDN658753; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Norwegian Sea; Laptev Sea; Okhotsk; Kara Sea; Baffin Bay; Canada; Greenland; East Siberian Sea; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Davis Strait; Greenland Sea; Ice; laptev; permafrost; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA238424; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA238424

Weather and ice conditions for the Arctic seas--Beaufort Sea, Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea, East Siberian Sea, Sea of Okhotsk, Baffin Bay, and Davis Strait--and major land forms and islands are described. This work is a complete revision of the 1962 version and contains quick-reference material for operational forecasters as well as background material to enhance further understanding of Arctic phenomena. Satellite imagery case studies are included, and an entire section is devoted to polar low development. The appendices provide monthly maps for average air temperatures, mean surface pressures, and mean 700-mb heights for the Arctic region. Inversion statistics and seasonal ice movement patterns are also included.