A Comprehensive Modeling Approach Towards Understanding and Prediction of the Alaskan Coastal System Response to Changes in an Ice-diminished Arctic

Our research combines state-of-the-art regional modeling of sea ice, ocean, atmosphere and ecosystem to provide a system approach to advance the knowledge and predictive capability of the diverse impacts of changing sea ice cover on the bio-physical marine environment of coastal Alaska and over the...

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Main Authors: Maslowski, Wieslaw, Cassano, John J., Walsh, John J.
Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA531839
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA531839
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Summary:Our research combines state-of-the-art regional modeling of sea ice, ocean, atmosphere and ecosystem to provide a system approach to advance the knowledge and predictive capability of the diverse impacts of changing sea ice cover on the bio-physical marine environment of coastal Alaska and over the larger region of the western Arctic Ocean. The focus of this project on seasonally ice-free Alaskan coasts and shelves is in direct support of the "Coastal Effects of a Diminished-ice Arctic Ocean" and littoral studies of interest to the U.S. Navy. Prepared in collaboration with University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and University of South Florida, Saint Petersburg, FL. The original document contains color images.