SWIFT Observations in the Arctic Sea State DRI

• Main Author: Thomson, Jim
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Meteorology; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; *ARCTIC OCEAN; *CLIMATOLOGY; *SEA STATES; *WAVES; BUOYS; FORECASTING; HEAT FLUX; INTERACTIONS; OBSERVATION; SEA ICE; SEA STATE CLIMATOLOGY; WAVE FORECASTING; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE ICE INTERACTIONS; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617869; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617869

The long-term goal is to understand the role of waves and sea state in the Arctic Ocean, such that forecast models are improved and a robust climatology is defined. The objectives are to: develop a sea state climatology for the Arctic Ocean, improve wave forecasting in the presence of sea ice, improve theory of wave attenuation/scattering in the sea ice cover, apply wave-ice interactions directly in integrated arctic system models, and understand heat and mass fluxes in the air-sea-ice system.