Accession Number:

AD1013712

Title:

The Seasonal Evolution of Sea Ice Floe Size Distribution

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Hanover United States

Personal Author(s):

• Richter-Menge,Jacqueline A.
• Perovich,Donald K.

Report Date:

2015-09-30

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

This work was motivated by the desire to improve the understanding of processes governing the evolution of the marginal ice zone that forms seasonally in the southern Beaufort and Chukchi Seas region.

Descriptors:

• Chukchi Sea
• beaufort sea
• arctic ocean
• marginal ice zones
• seasonal variations
• spatial distribution
• sea ice
• mathematical models
• thermodynamics
• morphology

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE