Navy Tactical Applications Guide, Volume 8 Part 2: Arctic - East Siberian/Chukchi/Beaufort Seas. Weather Analysis and Forecast Applications

• Main Authors: Fett, Robert W, Kozo, Thomas L
• Other Authors: NAVAL RESEARCH LAB MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *ICE MECHANICS; *METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES; *SEA ICE; *SEA STATES; *WEATHER; *WEATHER FORECASTING; *WIND; ALASKA; ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES; ATMOSPHERIC MOTION; BARENTS SEA; BEAUFORT SEA; CASE STUDIES; CHUKCHI SEA; CLOUDS; FRONTS(METEOROLOGY); FRONTS(OCEANOGRAPHY); GREENLAND; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE; ICE FORMATION; ICEBERGS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS; NORWEGIAN SEA; OBSERVATION; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; OCEANS; PATTERNS; POLAR REGIONS; RADIOMETERS; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SHIPS; SIBERIA; STORMS; SURFACES; DMSP(DEFENSE METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM); AVHRR(ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER); EAST SIBERIAN SEA; PE63704N; WUDN658753; WUDN656794; Arctic; Barents Sea; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Greenland; Norwegian Sea; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Ice; Iceberg*; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska; Siberia
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA265585; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA265585

Environmentally, the north polar region is one of the most active regions on Earth, and for ships and seamen, one of the most dangerous due to the combined effects of wind, sea state, and structural icing. It is also the region most neglected and difficult to analyze or forecast because of the spars...