Accession Number:

ADA048617

Title:

Annual Report Number 9.

Descriptive Note:

Interim rept. 1 Oct 76-30 Sep 77,

Corporate Author:

WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE DEPT OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES

Personal Author(s):

• Untersteiner,Norbert
• Maykut,Gary
• Mortin,Seelye
• Grenfell,Thomas
• Kauffman,Peter

Report Date:

1977-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

38.0

Abstract:

Research topics include 1 growth and ablation of sea ice, 2 optical properties of sea ice, 3 desalination of sea ice, 4 thickness distribution of sea ice, 5 regional heat balance in the Central Arctic, and 6 improvement of ice forecasting equations.

Descriptors:

• *SEA ICE
• ABLATION
• THICKNESS
• GROWTH(GENERAL)
• FORECASTING
• ICE FORMATION
• HEAT BALANCE
• BEAUFORT SEA
• ARCTIC OCEAN
• ICE REPORTING

Subject Categories:

• Snow, Ice and Permafrost

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE