Essays about: "Arctic"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 372 essays containing the word Arctic.

1. 1. Insights Into Wind Profile Characteristics in the Arctic Marine Boundary Layer

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Luft-, vatten- och landskapslära

   Author : Charlotte Sophie Gausa; [2024]
   Keywords : Arctic; wind profile power law; MOST; boundary layer; low level jets; sea ice; vindprofil; Arktis; gränsskikt; vindenergi; låghöjdsvindar; havsis;

   Abstract : The atmospheric boundary layer in the Arctic is essential for the understanding of climate change and improving regional weather prediction. The aim of this study is to investigate to which degree wind speed profiles retrieved in the Arctic agree with well known wind profile concepts and understand which local impact factors influence the wind speed profile. READ MORE

3. 2. Securing the Arctic : An analysis of Sweden's construction of security in the Arctic (2020-2023)

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Lovisa Sand; [2024]
   Keywords : Arctic; securitization; Sweden; Arctic security;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how the Arctic region is portrayed and constructed as a security matter within Swedish state discourses from 2020 to 2023. Focused on the escalating geopolitical significance and the transformative impact of climate change in the Arctic, the thesis scrutinizes Sweden's portrayal of security in the region. READ MORE

4. 3. The Polar Bear and the Ice Dragon : Examining Russia's Foreign Policy Towards China in the Arctic

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier

   Author : Bartlomiej Mancewicz; [2024]
   Keywords : Arctic; Russia; China; think tanks; foreign policy; IR; constructivism; content analysis;

   Abstract : The Arctic is a region which has been historically and is contemporary important for Russia. The Arctic is a matter of concern not only for the states bordering it but has also garnered attention from China. It demonstrated its interest by releasing its policy on the region for the first time in 2018. READ MORE

5. 4. Satellite signal attenuation due to atmospheric influences in northern Sweden

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

   Author : Adrian Stigsson; [2024]
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   Abstract : Earth-space traversing electromagnetic waves become attenuated as they propagate through the atmosphere. The sources of attenuation are weather phenomena in the Troposphere, and scintillation and absorption in the Ionosphere. READ MORE

6. 5. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Malin Ridström; [2024]
   Keywords : the Arctic; Russia; China; the United States; great power behaviour; offensive realism; defensive realism; power transition theory; grand strategy; qualitative content analysis; Arctic exceptionalism;

   Abstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE