SEA ICE CONDITIONS IN THE COOK INLET, ALASKA DURING THE 1971-72 WINTER

Data and photographs are used as aids in describing the sea ice conditions in Cook Inlet, Alaska during the 1971-1972 winter. Persistent below normal temperatures during January, February and March of 1972, resulted in a long and rough ice year. There was a near normal accumulation of frost degree days during November and December, and a steady increase in the accumulated frost degree days through January, February and March. The Inlet was not ice free until the middle of May. (Author)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Weather Service

  Alaska Region
  Anchorage, AK  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hutcheon, R J
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Ice; Ice formations; Ice phenomena; Identification systems; Sea ice; Seasons
• Identifier Terms: U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Uncontrolled Terms: Seasonal variations
• Geographic Terms: Alaska; Cook Inlet (Alaska)
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice characteristics; Ice disintegration; Ice identification; Ice reporting
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00048106
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: NOAA-TM-AR-8 Tech Memo
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1973 12:00AM