Table of Contents
 

              Title-page

1.	Introduction		3
2.	Overview of ice conditions		4
3.	Meteorological conditions		10
3.1	December 1995 to February 1996		10
3.2	March to May 1996		13
3.3	June to August 1996		16
4.	Ice drift		18
4.1	Fram Strait ice velocities		18
4.2	Greenland Sea ice velocities, April 25 to May 14		19
5.	Characterization of ice types		27
5.1	First major Odden advance, March-April 1996		27
5.2	Second major Odden advance, April-May 1996		32
5.3	Late development of Odden, June-September 1996		38
6.	Discussion		44
7.	Acknowledgments		45
8.	References		46

 

Appendices:

• Overview of ERS SAR frame positions
• Individual SAR images and mosaics
• Daily SSM/I passive microwave images (Colour-coded ice maps)
• MPEG animation of SSM/I images
• DCRS image archive and interactive image browser
• Photographs from Valdivia