Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability
The Seasonal Ice Zone Experiment (SIZEX), conducted in January 1992, was designed as the European Space Agency's ERS-1 synthetic-aperature radar (SAR) validation experiment. The satellite was placed in a three day exact repeat orbit, with ascending and descending passes which crossed the Greenl...
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ftdtic:ADA268610 2023-05-15T14:58:32+02:00 Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability Rutherford, S. J. NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA 1993-03 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA268610 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA268610 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA268610 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC AND NTIS Meteorology Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *ICE FORMATION *CYCLONES *MARGINAL ICE ZONES ORBITS EARTH ORBITS EDGES MORPHOLOGY WIND WINTER ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES GREENLAND SEA ARCTIC REGIONS AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEANS PRESSURE ICE METEOROLOGICAL DATA LOW PRESSURE MICROWAVES RADAR SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR BACKSCATTERING OCEAN CIRCULATION SIZEX 1 SIZEX 2 Text 1993 ftdtic 2016-02-22T05:49:31Z The Seasonal Ice Zone Experiment (SIZEX), conducted in January 1992, was designed as the European Space Agency's ERS-1 synthetic-aperature radar (SAR) validation experiment. The satellite was placed in a three day exact repeat orbit, with ascending and descending passes which crossed the Greenland Sea marginal ice zone. In conjunction with SAR imagery collected by the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, the research vessel Hakon Mosby recorded meteorological data on station near the ice edge. The marginal ice zone was subjected to atmospheric and oceanographic forcing during the 7-16 January period which resulted in significant changes in ice edge morphology. As intense low pressure systems propagated across the Greenland Sea, strong easterly and northerly winds dominated oceanographic forcing and created a compact ice edge which correlated with the 50% ice concentration isopleth from the SSM/I passive microwave sensor. Conversely, during periods of weak atmospheric forcing, the ice edge became diffuse and the ice edge morphology was determined by a variety of oceanic circulations. In this instance the actual ice edge position was well correlated with a 30% concentration isopleth. Text Arctic Greenland Greenland Sea Ice permafrost Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Greenland |
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Meteorology Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *ICE FORMATION *CYCLONES *MARGINAL ICE ZONES ORBITS EARTH ORBITS EDGES MORPHOLOGY WIND WINTER ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES GREENLAND SEA ARCTIC REGIONS AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEANS PRESSURE ICE METEOROLOGICAL DATA LOW PRESSURE MICROWAVES RADAR SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR BACKSCATTERING OCEAN CIRCULATION SIZEX 1 SIZEX 2 |
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Meteorology Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *ICE FORMATION *CYCLONES *MARGINAL ICE ZONES ORBITS EARTH ORBITS EDGES MORPHOLOGY WIND WINTER ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES GREENLAND SEA ARCTIC REGIONS AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEANS PRESSURE ICE METEOROLOGICAL DATA LOW PRESSURE MICROWAVES RADAR SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR BACKSCATTERING OCEAN CIRCULATION SIZEX 1 SIZEX 2 Rutherford, S. J. Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability |
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Meteorology Physical and Dynamic Oceanography Snow Ice and Permafrost *OCEAN CURRENTS *ICE FORMATION *CYCLONES *MARGINAL ICE ZONES ORBITS EARTH ORBITS EDGES MORPHOLOGY WIND WINTER ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES GREENLAND SEA ARCTIC REGIONS AIR WATER INTERACTIONS OCEANS PRESSURE ICE METEOROLOGICAL DATA LOW PRESSURE MICROWAVES RADAR SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR BACKSCATTERING OCEAN CIRCULATION SIZEX 1 SIZEX 2 |
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The Seasonal Ice Zone Experiment (SIZEX), conducted in January 1992, was designed as the European Space Agency's ERS-1 synthetic-aperature radar (SAR) validation experiment. The satellite was placed in a three day exact repeat orbit, with ascending and descending passes which crossed the Greenland Sea marginal ice zone. In conjunction with SAR imagery collected by the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, the research vessel Hakon Mosby recorded meteorological data on station near the ice edge. The marginal ice zone was subjected to atmospheric and oceanographic forcing during the 7-16 January period which resulted in significant changes in ice edge morphology. As intense low pressure systems propagated across the Greenland Sea, strong easterly and northerly winds dominated oceanographic forcing and created a compact ice edge which correlated with the 50% ice concentration isopleth from the SSM/I passive microwave sensor. Conversely, during periods of weak atmospheric forcing, the ice edge became diffuse and the ice edge morphology was determined by a variety of oceanic circulations. In this instance the actual ice edge position was well correlated with a 30% concentration isopleth. |
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Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability |
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Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability |
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Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability |
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Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability |
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Arctic Cyclones and Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) Variability |
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arctic cyclones and marginal ice zone (miz) variability |
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1993 |
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Arctic Greenland |
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Arctic Greenland |
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Arctic Greenland Greenland Sea Ice permafrost |
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Arctic Greenland Greenland Sea Ice permafrost |
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