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 Authors: Tschudi, Mark A, Paek, Cholwon
• Other Authors: NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND PATUXENT RIVER MD
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA ICE; *SURFACE PROPERTIES; ARCTIC OCEAN; COAST GUARD RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER PROGRAMS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLIGHT TESTING; LASERS; MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; THICKNESS; ICE THICKNESS; ICE SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SIZ(SEASONAL ICE ZONE); CULPIS-X(CU LASER PROFILER INSTRUMENT-EXTENDED); FED(FINITE ELEMENT DESIGN); FED MODELS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Morrison; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617649; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617649

Long-term goals: Teaming with the SIZRS effort (J. Morrison, Univ. Washington; PI) to: - Investigate new technologies, e.g., sensors, platforms and communications, for sustained operation and observation in the challenging Arctic environment - Improve understanding of the physical environment and processes in the Arctic Ocean Prepared in collaboration with the University of Colorado, Boulder.