Melting influences on the computer forecast of wind drift and concentration of sea ice

• Main Author: Irvine, Kenneth M.
• Other Authors: Wickham, J.B., Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.), Meteorology and Oceanography
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 1965
• Subjects: Oceanography; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10945/12647

Knodle has developed a computer program to provide five-day forecasts of the wind drift and concentration of sea-ice [1] .One of the problems not considered in the program is the effect of melting. Melting influences concentration in two ways. It reduces the amount of ice directly, and changes in thickness and concentration change the wind drift. A model to describe how ice-melt decreases thickness and concentration is developed and programmed. The results are used to modify the input data in Knodle's wind drift forecast; forecasts are compared with those based on wind drift alone. The modification enhances the use of the program as a forecast tool with the addition of normally available data. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Lieutenant, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/meltinginfluence1094512647