MONTHLY AVERAGE SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND ICEPACK LIMITS ON A ONE DEGREE GLOBAL GRID

Climatological monthly ocean-surface temperatures obtained from the National Center for Atmospheric Research and from Fleet Numerical Weather Central are merged and interpolated onto a 1 degree global grid. Monthly distributions of the main ice packs of the Arctic and Antarctic are digitized from Fleet Weather Facility ice charts and Navy Atlases and then incorporated into the global arrays. Machine-analyzed maps show the 12 monthly distributions, and maps and tabulations of averages of these data for the months of February and August are shown on a global grid of 4 degree latitude x 5 degree longitude.

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  RAND Corporation

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• Authors:
  • Alexander, R C
  • Mobley, R
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Pagination: 30 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ice; Ice by location; Ice formations; Mapping; Motion; Water waves; Weather forecasting
• Candidate Terms: Ice forecasting
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice distribution; Ice fields; Ice mapping; Ice movement; Sea surface characteristics
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126021
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: RAND Corporation
• Report/Paper Numbers: R-1310 ARPA
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM