Assessing Sea Ice Trafficability in a Changing Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Dammann, Dyre O., Eicken, Hajo, Mahoney, Andrew R., Meyer, Franz J., Betcher, Sarah
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2018
• Subjects: sea ice; sea ice use; sea ice system services; ice roads; synthetic aperture radar; glace de mer; utilisation de la glace de mer; services d’un système de glace de mer; routes de glace; radar à synthèse d’ouverture; Arctic; Northstar Island; Arctique*; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67739

Arctic sea ice has undergone rapid changes during the last few decades, with negative implications for over-ice travel and on-ice operations, which benefit from services provided by the sea ice. A Parameter-based Trafficability Hierarchy (PATH) is presented here as a framework for developing quantit...