Marine Ice Atlas For Cook Inlet, Alaska R20090531E

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 8
Preface......Page 3
Contents......Page 4
1 Introduction......Page 9
2.2 Cook Inlet’s Head Region......Page 10
2.4 Lower Cook Inlet......Page 13
3.1 Ice Types......Page 16
3.2 General Marine Ice Environment......Page 20
3.3 Theoretical Ice Growth And Melt......Page 24
3.4 Cook Inlet Marine Ice Data......Page 25
4 Expected Ice Conditions......Page 32
Map Set 1. Mean ice concentration and stage of development......Page 33
Map Set 2. Probability of occurrence for ice of any stage ofdevelopment and ice of any concentration......Page 42
Map Set 3. Probability of occurrence for ice of any stage ofdevelopment and ice of at least 5/10ths concentration......Page 51
5.2 Currents And Tides......Page 60
6.1 Source And Description Of Climatological Data For Cook Inlet......Page 66
6.2 Station Climatologies......Page 68
6.3 Duration Of Daylight......Page 78
7 Literature Cited......Page 81
Appendix A: Sea Ice Nomenclature, Arranged By Subject......Page 84
Appendix B: Example Of A Cook Inlet Ice Cover Analysis Issued By The National Ice Center (NIC) In Suitland, Maryland......Page 92
Appendix C: Procedure Used To Create The Composite Cook Inlet Ice Charts......Page 95
Appendix D: Air Temperature......Page 99