ICE COVER ON THE ARCTIC OCEAN AND A METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING CERTAIN ICE PHENOMENA ( LEDYANOI POKROV SEVERNOGO LEDOVITOGO OKEANA I METODIKA RASCHETA NEKOTORYKH LEDOVYKH YAVLENII )

Contents: Principles of a method for computing ice distribution in arctic seas under influence of the wind during the navigation season; results from expeditionary investigations of the drift and dynamics of the ice cover in the arctic basin in the spring of 1961; effect of meteorological factors on times of ice formation; changes in the ice content of the Laptev Sea in relation to pressure field variations in the Arctic; an approximate method for computing the time of onset of movement of icebreakers in pack ice by the impact method; solar radiation absorption by sea ice; accuracy in aerial observations and mapping of sea ice; study of instability in heliogeophysical relationships; some characteristics of heat accumulation and expenditure in the southwestern part of the Kara Sea; dynamics of the ice cover and changes in its continuity.

  • Supplemental Notes:
    • Translated from Arkticheskii i Antarktichesii Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut. Trudy ( USSR ) V257 P1-134 1967
  • Corporate Authors:

    Department of the Navy

    Constitution Avenue and 18th Street, NW
    Washington, DC  United States 
  • Publication Date: 1968-7

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  • Pagination: 196 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00002213
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Defense Documentation Center
  • Report/Paper Numbers: TRANS-2641
  • Files: TRIS
  • Created Date: Oct 30 1972 12:00AM