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U.S. Coast Guard Faces Capability Gaps in the Arctic

It is becoming more important to determine how to operate in the Arctic, given changing climate conditions and the potential for increased activity that may demand more frequent U.S. government presence. Identifying gaps in capabilities now could help the U.S. Coast Guard mitigate future challenges.

Apr 11, 2018
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Will the Breakdown in U.S.-Russia Cooperation Reach the Arctic?

Over the last few decades, the U.S. and Russia have often found common ground on Arctic affairs, at least in such areas as search and rescue and environmental integrity. The Arctic has the potential to remain resistant to tensions building elsewhere.

Oct 12, 2016
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How to Be Safer in the Arctic

The Arctic is more accessible than it once was, but it's still a formidable place to travel. An emergency involving a cruise ship or a downed plane could stress the search-and-rescue system. But modest investments and planning measures can make a big difference.

Oct 3, 2016
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Friends If We Must: Russia and China in the Arctic

Russia's rebalancing toward China is particularly important in the Arctic, a region in which Russia has great ambitions, but also struggles with major vulnerabilities. Russia needs China as an investor, as a technological partner, and as a key consumer of energy to support its flagging, energy-dependent economy.

May 6, 2016
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Will the Arctic Remain a Warm Spot in Chilly U.S.-Russia Relations?

The United States should continue with its policy of engagement with Russia within Arctic institutions. This is the only way to keep building on a track record of successful agreements that make the Arctic safer for all.

Apr 28, 2016
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Crimea, Climate Change, and U.S.-Russian Relations: A Perfect Storm

Russia possesses the world's most Arctic shoreline, water, and operating resources. But the United States is also an Arctic nation, even if much of the American public tends to under-appreciate this special status.

May 6, 2014
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U.S. and Canadian Cooperative Approaches to Arctic Security

Canada and the United States are paying more attention to underwater detection capabilities. In an era of extreme budget pressures, the two countries should examine options for working together to monitor subsurface activities.

Jan 1, 1990
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Canadian and U.S. Defense Planning Toward the Arctic

Argues for a joint monitoring mechanism that would play a crucial part in formulating and implementing Canadian-U.S. policy in the Arctic.

Jan 1, 1989
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Sea-Ice Conditions in the Norwegian, Barents, and White Seas

An investigation of the possible effects of climatic change on the military posture of the United States and the Soviet Union.

Aug 1, 1976
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The Simulation of Arctic Climate with a Global General Circulation Model.

A two-level global circulation model is used to simulate the Arctic climate for both January and July. From separate month-long simulations, the summer and winter distributions of pressure, surface air temperature, precipitation, and cloudiness nort...

Jan 1, 1974
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Territorial Waters in the Arctic: The Soviet Position

The Soviet Union maintains that its territorial waters, including those in the Arctic, extend 12 n mi from its coastline. It has also declared a "sector claim" asserting Soviet sovereignty over all lands and islands in the triangular Arctic Basin ...

Jan 1, 1972
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Numerical Prediction of the Thermodynamic Response of Arctic Sea Ice to Environmental Changes

Description of a one-dimensional model of Arctic sea ice. The inputs are: albedo, incoming radiation, turbulent fluxes, oceanic heat flux, ice salinity, and snow accumulation.

Jan 1, 1969
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An Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction Experiment for the Arctic

A proposed Soviet research program to improve long-range weather forecasting by taking into account the influence of oceans on the development of atmospheric macroprocesses. The first state must consist of the development of physical concepts about t...

Jan 1, 1969
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Soviet Development and Use of Drifting Automatic Radiometeorological Stations for Arctic Research.

A compilation and discussion of all available information on the Soviet development of drifting automatic weather stations and radio beacons and their deployment in the Arctic Basin. Although no detailed instrumentation data have appeared in the ope...

Jan 1, 1968
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Lag Correlations Between Arctic Atmospheric Heat Loss and Northern Hemisphere Circulation Indices.

A time series of "atmospheric heat loss" parameters for the Arctic is calculated using 5 years of radiosonde and cloud data. Thirty-day deviations from the mean annual cycle of atmospheric heat loss are lag-correlated with corresponding anomalies of...

Jan 1, 1968
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'Albedo of Ice in the Arctic Seas According to Data from Aircraft Observations.'

Translation of an article published in [Problemy Arktiki I Antarktiki], Issue 20, Hydrometeorological Publishing House, Leningrad, 1965, describing actinometric observations from ice reconnaissance airplanes and the "Flying Meteorological Observatory...

Jan 1, 1968
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Proceedings of the Symposium on the Arctic Heat Budget and Atmospheric Circulation

A compilation of the twenty-six technical papers presented at an international symposium convened to assess the present state of knowledge of the relationships between the Arctic heat budget and atmospheric circulation and to investigate the ...

Jan 1, 1966
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The influence of the Arctic pack ice on climate.

An assessment of each component of the heat budgets of the surface and of the earth-atmosphere system in the central Arctic, for both an ice-covered and an ice-free ocean. The annual patterns of atmospheric heat loss for both conditions are obtained...

Jan 1, 1966
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Climate and the Heat Budget of the Central Arctic.

A detailed assessment of each component of the heat budgets for the surface and the earth-atmosphere system in the central Arctic, for both an ice-covered and an ice-free ocean. These estimates suggest that the annual heat balance at the surface for...

Jan 1, 1965
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The Heat Budget of the Arctic Basin and its Relation to Climate

A quantitative study of the heat budget of the Arctic and its relationship to the atmospheric circulation of the hemisphere. It combines the available data to produce a description of the input, transformation, and output of thermal energy in the Arctic regions and provides new insights into the mechanism of the Arctic climate.

Jan 1, 1965