Author: Austin Kovacs
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Category : Aerial photography in glaciology
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Austin Kovacs
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Category : Aerial photography in glaciology
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Large areas of grounded sea ice have been reported by early arctic explorers and more recently by the U.S. Coast Guard. The ESSA, ERTS, NOAA and DMSP satellites now provide multispectral imagery with sufficiently high resolution to allow detailed sequential observations to be made of the movement and spatial extent of arctic sea ice. This report discusses the location, formation and decay of five large (greater than 30 sq km) islands of grounded sea ice in the southern Chukchi Sea as observed for an extended period of time using satellite imagery. Measurements of the bathymetry around one grounded sea ice feature are presented along with observations made and photos taken from the ice surface. The potential use of these sea ice islands as research stations is also discussed. (Author).

Author: Austin Kovacs
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Category : Drift
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Author: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
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Category : Frozen ground
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
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Category : Frozen ground
Languages : en
Pages : 610

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Author: Willy Weeks
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
ISBN: 160223101X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 682

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Covering more than seven percent of the earth’s surface, sea ice is crucial to the functioning of the biosphere—and is a key component in our attempts to understand and combat climate change. With On Sea Ice, geophysicist W. F. Weeks delivers a natural history of sea ice, a fully comprehensive and up-to-date account of our knowledge of its creation, change, and function. The volume begins with the earliest recorded observations of sea ice, from 350 BC, but the majority of its information is drawn from the period after 1950, when detailed study of sea ice became widespread. Weeks delves into both micro-level characteristics—internal structure, component properties, and phase relations—and the macro-level nature of sea ice, such as salinity, growth, and decay. He also explains the mechanics of ice pack drift and the recently observed changes in ice extent and thickness. An unparalleled account of a natural phenomenon that will be of increasing importance as the earth’s temperature rises, On Sea Ice will unquestionably be the standard for years to come.

Author: Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (U.S.)
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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Author: United States. Minerals Management Service. Alaska OCS Region
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Category : Continental shelf
Languages : en
Pages : 658

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Languages : en
Pages : 600

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