[HTML][HTML] Improved sea ice shortwave radiation physics in CCSM4: The impact of melt ponds and aerosols on Arctic sea ice

MM Holland, DA Bailey, BP Briegleb, B Light… - Journal of …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Community Climate System Model, version 4 has revisions across all
components. For sea ice, the most notable improvements are the incorporation of a new …

The mechanisms of sea ice melt pond formation and evolution

C Polashenski, D Perovich… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
A series of observations were made on melting first year, landfast Arctic sea ice near Barrow,
Alaska to explore the seasonal evolution of melt pond coverage. Observations of pond …

Onset and end of the summer melt season over sea ice: Thermal structure and surface energy perspective from SHEBA

POG Persson - Climate dynamics, 2012 - Springer
Various measurements from the Surface Heat Flux of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) experiment
have been combined to study structures and processes producing the onset and end of …

Winter sea‐ice melt in the Canada Basin, Arctic Ocean

JM Jackson, WJ Williams… - Geophysical Research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Recent warming and freshening of the Canada Basin has led to the year‐round storage of
solar radiation as the near‐surface temperature maximum (NSTM). Using year‐round ocean …

[HTML][HTML] The initiation of modern “soft snowball” and “hard snowball” climates in CCSM3. Part I: The influences of solar luminosity, CO2 concentration, and the sea ice …

J Yang, WR Peltier, Y Hu - Journal of Climate, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Initiation of Modern “Soft Snowball” and “Hard Snowball” Climates in CCSM3. Part I: The
Influences of Solar Luminosity, CO2 Concentration, and the Sea Ice/Snow Albedo …

[HTML][HTML] The energy budget of the polar atmosphere in MERRA

RI Cullather, MG Bosilovich - Journal of Climate, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Bretherton, CS, SR de Roode, C. Jakob, E. L Andreas, J. Intrieri, RE Moritz, and POG
Persson, 2000: A comparison of the ECMWF forecast model with observations over the …

Sea ice growth rates near ice shelves

IJ Smith, PJ Langhorne, RD Frew, R Vennell… - Cold Regions Science …, 2012 - Elsevier
Sea ice growth rates near ice shelves are influenced by ocean-ice shelf interactions. Sea ice
growth rates and ocean observations from McMurdo Sound, Antarctica in 1999 and 2000 …

Reflection and transmission of irradiance by snow and sea ice in the central Arctic Ocean in summer 2010

R Lei, Z Zhang, I Matero, B Cheng, Q Li… - Polar Research, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Reflection and transmission of irradiance by the combined snow and sea ice layer were
measured at an ice camp (ca. 10 days) and several short-term stations (ca. 2 h) established …

Observational study of relationships between incoming radiation, open water fraction, and ocean‐to‐ice heat flux in the Transpolar Drift: 2002–2010

TP Stanton, WJ Shaw… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean/ice interface heat fluxes (F0) are calculated from upper ocean measurements
obtained from autonomous systems repeatedly deployed in the Arctic Ocean Transpolar Drift …

Geophysical controls on C band polarimetric backscatter from melt pond covered Arctic first‐year sea ice: Assessment using high‐resolution scatterometry

RK Scharien, JJ Yackel, DG Barber… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Geophysical controls on C band polarimetric backscatter from the discrete surface cover
types which comprise advanced melt first‐year sea ice (FYI): snow covered ice, bare ice …