Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys Coordination

• Main Author: Morison, James
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE POLAR SCIENCE CENTER
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *AIR WATER INTERACTIONS; *MARGINAL ICE ZONES; *SEA ICE; *SEASONAL VARIATIONS; AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE; OPEN WATER; PREDICTIONS; SUMMER; SIZ(SEASONAL ICE ZONES); SIZRS(SIZ RECONNAISSANCE SURVEYS); BEAUFORT-CHUKCHI SEA SIZ; SUMMER ICE; AIR-ICE-OCEAN CHARACTERISTICS; ADA(ARCTIC DOMAIN AWARENESS); ADA FLIGHTS; Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617866; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617866

This grant is for the coordination of the Seasonal Ice Zone Reconnaissance Surveys (SIZRS) program of repeated ocean, ice, and atmospheric measurements across the Beaufort-Chukchi sea seasonal sea ice zone (SIZ) utilizing US Coast Guard Arctic Domain Awareness (ADA) flights of opportunity. The individual observational components of SIZRS are covered in separate reports. Our long-term goal is to track and understand the interplay among the ice, atmosphere, and ocean contributing to the rapid decline in summer ice extent that has occurred in recent years. The SIZ is the region between maximum winter sea ice extent and minimum summer sea ice extent. As such, it contains the full range of positions of the marginal ice zone (MIZ) where sea ice interacts with open water.