Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, sea ice, ice thickness, temperature, salinity, ice drift, ice growth
| Principal Investigator: | Melling, Humfrey (16) |
| Licence Number: | 12774 |
| Organization: | Institute of Ocean Sciences |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1995 |
| Project Team: | P. Johston, P. Gamble, B. Holland, D. Tuele |
Objective(s): To study the relationship of temperature and salient properties to the thickness, drift and growth of sea ice during the proceeding freezing season; and to recover and re-deploy sonar instruments utilized in this research. The observations contribute to a better description of the ice and ocean environment, can be applied to the safer design of ships and structures for offshore operations, and to a better understanding of the process of climate change in the arctic.
Project Description: The researchers will retrieve untended sonar instruments operating beneath the sea that were positioned in April 1994. After servicing, these instruments will be re-deployed at the same locations to continue the observations for another year. A survey of water water properties will be collected at about 20 sites in the offshore and observations made using a lowered probe to 1500 m depth or to the seafloor, whichever is shallower.
