Ice Thickness Distribution Test

Our long term goal is to undertake an experiment that will test the theory of how sea ice thickness distribution is changed by thermodynamics and by large-scale deformation. The minimal experiment envisaged involves two sequential surveys of ice draft in some region by an upward-looking sonar carrie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rothrock, D A, Maykut, Gary A
Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*SEA ICE
*THICKNESS
DEFORMATION
DISTRIBUTION
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
SAMPLING
SONAR
THERMODYNAMICS
TIME INTERVALS
ICE THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION TESTS
ICE DRAFTS
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA627591
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Summary:Our long term goal is to undertake an experiment that will test the theory of how sea ice thickness distribution is changed by thermodynamics and by large-scale deformation. The minimal experiment envisaged involves two sequential surveys of ice draft in some region by an upward-looking sonar carried on a submarine. The theory is tested by seeing whether the change predicted over the time interval between the two surveys matches the change observed by submarine.

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