ON A METHOD OF CALCULATING THE COMPACTNESS AND DRIFT OF ICE FLOES

The compaction of ice in summertime depends on both dynamic and thermal factors. Therefore, both the ice compactness and the ice drift cannot be reliably determined when only dynamic process are taken into account. (Author)

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Translation of Arkticheskii i Antarkticheskii Nauchno-Issledovatelskiy Institute. Trudy (USSR) V291 p5-17, 1970 by Joachim Buechner.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Washington, Seattle

  Division of Marine Sciences
  Seattle, WA  United States  98105
• Authors:
  • Doronin, Y P
• Publication Date: 1970-8-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 22 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drift ice; Ice; Ice floes; Physical properties
• Uncontrolled Terms: Ice properties
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00024754
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: AIDJEX-70-2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1972 12:00AM