Title :
The secret of the Svalbard sea ice barrier
Author :
Nghiem, S.V. ; Van Woert, M.L. ; Neumann, G.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
An elongated sea ice feature called the Svalbard sea ice barrier rapidly formed over an area in the Barents Sea to the east of Svalbard posing a significant navigational hazard. The secret of this sea ice formation lies in the bottom bathymetry, which governs the distribution of cold Arctic waters masses and sea ice growth
Keywords :
bathymetry; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; sea ice; Barents Sea; Svalbard sea ice barrier; bathymetry; cold Arctic waters masses; east Svalbard; elongated sea ice formation; navigational hazard; sea ice formation secret; sea ice growth; Arctic; Hazards; Laboratories; Navigation; Oceanographic techniques; Oceans; Propulsion; Radar measurements; Remote monitoring; Sea ice;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Anchorage, AK
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370784
