Weather Balloons, Wave Gliders and other Hitchhikers Kevin R. Wood James E. Overland Sigrid A. Salo Nicholas A. Bond
Weather Balloons, Wave Gliders and other
Hitchhikers
Kevin R. Wood
James E. Overland
Sigrid A. Salo
Nicholas A. Bond
Anomaly 1990-99 Anomaly 2002-11
SLP
SAT
Vector
Wind
Climatology (NCEP-NCAR Reanalysis)
-30
0
30
60
1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
N m
-210
3
Year
a
b
c
°C
Mackenzie Delta
Mackenzie Delta
ALASKA
ALASKA
Impact of changing a wind field in the Beaufort Sea
-30
0
30
60
1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
N m
-210
3
Year
a
b
c
°C
Mackenzie Delta
Mackenzie Delta
ALASKA
ALASKA
Impact of Δ sea ice & heat on atmospheric circulation
Weather balloon
transects to sample
MABL
Wave Gliders & other
automatons
Onboard wx / rad.
Arctic Wave Glider (PMEL/Liquid Robotics)
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
16.0
18.0
-4.0
-2.0
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
210.0 220.0 230.0 240.0 250.0 260.0
Arctic Wave Glider Data
2011 Deployment
Wav
e G
lid
er
1
Te
mp
era
ture
Wav
e G
lider 2
Te
mp
era
ture
Day
Red = 0.5 m Blue = 6.0 m
2008 Plume Explosion )
Only MODIS sequence available since 2000 )
Mackenzie River plume (July 19, 2011)
MODIS true color
Mackenzie River plume (Sept. 6, 2002)
MODIS true color