Vertical Temperature Simulation of Pegasus Runway, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Daly, Steven F, Haehnel, Robert, Hiemstra, Christopher
• Other Authors: ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER HANOVER NH COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Thermodynamics; *ICE; *RUNWAYS; *TEMPERATURE; ABSORPTION; ALBEDO; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; DENSITY; ESTIMATES; HEAT; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; OBSERVATION; PENETRATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; ANTARCTICA; EPOLAR(ENGINEERING FOR POLAR OPERATIONS LOGISTICS AND RESEARCH); HEAT CAPACITY; ICE PROPERTIES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MCMURDO ICE SHEET; MIS(MCMURDO ICE SHELF); NSF(NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION); PEGASUS RUNWAY; RUNWAY TEMPERATURE MODELING; SENSIBLE HEAT; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SNOWCAPS; SUPERIMPOSED ICE; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; TEMERATURE ESTIMATION; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE SIMULATION; Antarctic; Austral; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Station; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA614252; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA614252

Pegasus Runway, located 13 km south of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on the McMurdo Ice Shelf (MIS), is constructed out of snow and ice. It is susceptible to weakening and damage caused by melting and to reduction in the strength caused by warm weather and sunlight. This report describes the developm...