The Seasonal Evolution of Sea Ice Floe Size Distribution

• Main Authors: Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A, Perovich, Donald K
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Meteorology; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *MARGINAL ICE ZONES; *SEASONAL VARIATIONS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; DISTRIBUTION; DYNAMICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; MELTING; SEA ICE; SIZES(DIMENSIONS); THERMODYNAMICS; WAVES; ICE FLOE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY; MIZ(MARGINAL ICE ZONES); Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617970; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617970

This work is motivated by the desire to improve the understanding of processes governing the evolution of the marginal ice zone that forms seasonally in the southern Beaufort and Chukchi Seas region.