Proceedings.
By: Edited by J. O. Fletcher.
Contributors: Fletcher, J. O. 1920- ed.; University of California, Los Angeles.; Rand Corporation.
Series: Rand Corporation. Memorandum RM-5233-NSF
Publisher: Rand Corp.
Published: 1966
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 567
Subjects: Heat budget (Geophysics) -- Congresses.; Atmospheric circulation -- Congresses.; Arctic Ocean -- Climate -- Congresses.
Description: Contents: Polar ice and climate; The Arctic heat budget and atmospheric circulation; Stochastic models of air--sea interaction and climatic fluctuation; Heat regime of the Soviet Arctic related to the main atmospheric circulation patterns and their many variations; A quantitative description of some characteristics of the general atmospheric circulation and their relation to the radiation regime of the Arctic; Evidence of climatic fluctuations on Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago; The influence of Greenland on the general atmospheric circulation; Historical evidence of sea-level change and its relation to polar albedo; Report of working group on some issues concerning climatic change and possible ways of resolving them; Calculating thermal regime and mass budget of sea ice; Comments on the mass budget of Arctic pack ice; Characteristics of the heat exchange; Heat budget at the surface of the Artic Ocean; Numerical characteristics of the radiation regime in the Soviet Arctic; Possible changes in the radiation budget over the polar ocean; Transfer of momentum and heat in the planetary boundary layer; Report of working group on the heat and mass budget of the pack ice; Report of working group on radiation, climate, and cloud conditions in the Arctic; Report of working group on atmospheric advection and turbulent exchange of heat, moisture, and momentum. -- NTRL website.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
"Sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Rand Corporation."
"Research performed for the National Science Foundation under contract no. NSF-C 415."