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Variations of mesoscale and large-scale sea ice morphology in the 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment as observed by microwave remote sensingThe data acquired during the summer 1984 Marginal Ice Zone Experiment in the Fram Strait-Greenland Sea marginal ice zone, using airborne active and passive microwave sensors and the Nimbus 7 SMMR, were analyzed to compile a sequential description of the mesoscale and large-scale ice morphology variations during the period of June 6 - July 16, 1984. Throughout the experiment, the long ice edge between northwest Svalbard and central Greenland meandered; eddies were repeatedly formed, moved, and disappeared but the ice edge remained within a 100-km-wide zone. The ice pack behind this alternately diffuse and compact edge underwent rapid and pronounced variations in ice concentration over a 200-km-wide zone. The high-resolution ice concentration distributions obtained in the aircraft images agree well with the low-resolution distributions of SMMR images.
Document ID
19870060018
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Campbell, W. J.
(Geological Survey Tacoma, WA, United States)
Josberger, E. G.
(USGS Tacoma, WA, United States)
Gloersen, P.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Johannessen, O. M.
(Bergen, Universitetet Norway)
Guest, P. S.
(U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
June 30, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume: 92
ISSN: 0148-0227
Subject Category
Oceanography
Accession Number
87A47292
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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