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Climate/Ice Studies
Fairweather's support of industry operating in Alaska's harsh environment includes studies of weather and sea-ice climatology.
The following are a few examples of studies Fairweather, LLC has provided in the past.
- Means and extremes of ice conditions at Port Clarence, AK.
- Frequency of blizzard conditions at Barrow, AK.
- Study of ice conditions for Sakhalin Island, Russia using SAR imagery.
- Engineering study of potential ice forces on the drill rig SDC.
- A study of ice conditions at Tuktoyaktuk, Canada.
- Study of North Slope tundra travel opening and closing dates.
- Study of temperatures along the Trans Alaska Pipeline.
- Studies involving the length of the no-ice season for various offshore leases in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.
- Tsavorite Site VFR study.
- Pt. Thomson wind and VFR study.
- Pt. Thomson area ice history.
- Late season tow route study from Chukchi Sea to Herschel Island.
- Wind studies for various offshore leases in the Chukchi Sea.
Fairweather, LLC has a large amount of weather and sea ice data that can be used for studies, including:
- Ice charts for various Alaska and Russian seas.
- Satellite images, including SAR imagery of Sakhalin Island waters.
- World temperature, pressure, and other data on a 2.5 degree grid.
- Weather data from many Alaska official weather stations.
- Ice drift data for Alaska seas.
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