Atmospheric Control of the Surface Energy Budget

LONG-TERM GOALS. Provide the observational and theoretical foundation for the dynamics in a high resolution sea ice model. Understand how the atmosphere/ice system responds to changes in large-scale atmospheric forcing, including weather events and historical decadal trends. OBJECTIVES. Understand t...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Overland, James E
Other Authors: NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SEATTLE WA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1999
Subjects:
Earth Sciences and Oceanography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ARCTIC REGIONS
*ATMOSPHERES
*SEA ICE
DYNAMICS
HIGH RESOLUTION
INTERACTIONS
OSCILLATION
RESOLUTION
SCALE
WEATHER
Arctic
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA629895
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA629895
Description
Summary:LONG-TERM GOALS. Provide the observational and theoretical foundation for the dynamics in a high resolution sea ice model. Understand how the atmosphere/ice system responds to changes in large-scale atmospheric forcing, including weather events and historical decadal trends. OBJECTIVES. Understand the scale interaction between the multiple floe scale (10 km), the regional granular continuum scale (10 - 200 km) and the sub-basin scale (200 km). Document how large-scale atmospheric changes such as the Arctic Oscillation (AO) influence regional sea ice thermodynamic and dynamic processes based on the heterogeneous and plastic nature of sea ice.

Similar Items