Introduction to the U.S. Navy Arctic Laboratory

• Main Author: Wales, C. A.
• Other Authors: NAVAL COMMAND CONTROL AND OCEAN SURVEILLANCE CENTER RDT AND E DIV SAN DIEGO CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Test Facilities; Equipment and Methods; *TEST FACILITIES; *SEA ICE; *UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT; TEST AND EVALUATION; REPRINTS; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURFACES; FRESH WATER; ICE; MODEL TESTS; PRESSURE; PRESSURE VESSELS; LABORATORIES; RINGS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY; MASTS; MODEL BASINS; SNORKELS; TOWING; ARCTIC REGIONS; SPRAYS; SUBMARINES; Arctic; Breaker; Pacific; Arctic Submarine Laboratory; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA265103; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA265103

Distinctive research and test facilities exist at the US. Navy's Arctic Submarine Laboratory, San Diego, CA. These facilities include the unique Arctic Experimental Pool, sea ice model basin, large entry cold chamber, dry cold laboratories, various pressure chambers, and seawater pond along wit...