THE POSSIBILITY OF INVESTIGATING THE DRIFT OF ICE BY MEANS OF AIRPHOTO SURVEY

O VOZMOZHNOSTI ISSLEDOVANIYA OSOBENNOSTEY DREYFA L'DOV S POMOSHCH'YU AEROFOTOS"YEMKI

Reports on a July 1965 airborne survey of ice drift in arctic seas. By treating 127 airphotos taken on two flights, 550 drift vectors were obtained of different size floes in ice of varied compactness. Drift velocity was found to decrease with the increasing compactness of the ice. The influence of adjacent ice fields on the drift velocity of open ice between them is attributed to their hydrodynamic interaction. Results obtained in this survey indicate a definite advantage of the airphoto method of studying ice drift over the conventional instrumental method from fixed stations.

• Authors:
  • Gorbunov, Y A
• Publication Date: 1967

Language

• Russian

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 57-60
• Serial:
  • Problemy Arktiki i Antarktiki
  • Issue Number: 26

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drift ice; Ice; Ice formations
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice fields; Ice reporting
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00037576
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Arctic Institute of North America
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 10 1973 12:00AM