Sea ice

SEA ICE
Ice that is formed by the freezing of sea water. It forms first as small crystals, thickens into sludge, and coagulates into sheet ice, pancake ice, or ice floes of various shapes and sizes.

first-year ice"Sea ice that has not yet experienced summer melt. First-year ice is distinguished from older ice primarily by having a higher salinity.

ice), kinetic (wind and ocean currents, together with associated vertical motions and the motions of air masses, aqueous humidity, cloudiness and cloud water content, groundwater, lake lands, and water content of snow on land and sea ice), ...

Sea IceAny form of ice found at sea which has originated from the freezing of sea water (sea ice does NOT include superstructure icing). Ice formed from the freezing of the waters of the Great Lakes will be considered the same as sea ice.

and on the earth's surface in forms such as hoarfrost, rime, glaze, sea ice, glacier ice, ground ice, frazil, anchor ice, etc.

Oceanic GCMs (OGCMs) model the ocean (with fluxes from the atmosphere imposed) and may or may not contain a sea ice model. The standard resolutionof HadOM3 is 1.

Drift of ice Displacement of a sea ice field from its place of origin under the effect of ocean currents and winds.

Sea water which freezes and forms into large floes. Also known as sea ice, it is different from icebergs.
Peak Hmax
Highest maximum wave height recorded during a storm event.

Besides monitoring winds, temperature and moisture for climate assessment and prediction, this program will monitor and assess marine living resources, coastal zone environmental changes, carbon fluxes, sea ice and the general health of the oceans.

Ice, Clear Ice, Corn Snow Ice, Deformed Ice, Dendrites, Diffuse Ice, Drifting Ice, Flooded Ice, Grounded ice, Hummocked Ice, Ice Boom, Ice Nucleus, Ice Shove, Ice Storm, Icing, Pancake Ice, Pressure Ice, Ridge Ice, Rime Ice, Rotten Ice, RVI, Sea Ice, ...

Arctic Sea SmokeSteam fog, but often specifically applied to steam fog rising from small open water within sea ice. ArcusA low, horizontal cloud formation associated with the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow (i.e., the gust front).

See also: Surface, Temperature, Pressure, Ocean, Weather