Ice Thickness Distribution Test

• 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; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA627591

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.