Regional Meteorology of the Bering Sea during MIZEX (Marginal Ice Zone Experiment) West, February and March, 1983

摘要

The Marginal Ice Zone Experiment (MIZEX) West was conducted in the eastern Bering Sea during February and March 1983. During the experiment surface and upper-air meteorological observations were taken from two ships, the NOAA Ship DISCOVERER and Coast Guard Cutter WESTWIND. The meteorology of the region for this period is illustrated with fields of sea level pressure, surface air temperature (computed from the 1000-850 mb thickness), and surface winds. These fields are derived from a mesoscale hand drawn analysis that was digitized on a 6x5 polar stereographic grid and processed through the computer routines in METLIB.