Acquisition of Ice Thickness and Ice Surface Characteristics in the Seasonal Ice Zone by CULPIS-X During the US Coast Guard's Arctic Domain Awareness Program

• Main Author: Tschudi, Mark A
• Other Authors: COLORADO UNIV AT BOULDER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Test Facilities; Equipment and Methods; *DATA ACQUISITION; *SEA ICE; ARCTIC REGIONS; COAST GUARD; FLIGHT TESTING; LASERS; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTANCE; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; SIZ(SEASONAL ICE ZONES); ICE THICKNESS; ICE SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; CULPIS-X(CU LASER PROFILER INSTRUMENT EXTENDED); THERMAL RADIOMETERS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Morrison; albedo; Beaufort Sea; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601788; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA601788

The long-term goals are: Teaming with the SIZRS effort (J. Morrison, Univ. Washington; PI) to: 1) Investigate new technologies, e.g., sensors, platforms and communications, for sustained operation and observation in the challenging Arctic environment and 2) Improve understanding of the physical envi...