Accession Number:

AD1013710

Title:

Mass Balance of Multiyear Sea Ice in the Southern Beaufort Sea

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks United States

Personal Author(s):

• Mahoney,Andrew R.

Report Date:

2015-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

LONG-TERM GOALS 1 Determination of the net growth and melt of multiyear MY sea ice during its transit through the southern Beaufort Sea 2 Identification of key regional processes in southern Beaufort Sea affecting MY ice recruitment 3 Improved predictability of the future states of the Arctic ice pack.

Descriptors:

• BEAUFORT SEA
• sea ice
• MELTING
• ICE OBSERVATION
• SEASONAL VARIATIONS
• MOORING BUOYS
• ADVECTION
• STRATIGRAPHY

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE