Thermodynamic and dynamic contributions to seasonal Arctic sea ice thickness distributions from airborne observations

L von Albedyll, S Hendricks, R Grodofzig… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Sea ice thickness is a key parameter in the polar climate and ecosystem. Thermodynamic
and dynamic processes alter the sea ice thickness. The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory …

Spatiotemporal evolution of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice: MOSAiC observations and model results

MA Webster, M Holland, NC Wright, S Hendricks… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Melt ponds on sea ice play an important role in the Arctic climate system. Their presence
alters the partitioning of solar radiation: decreasing reflection, increasing absorption and …

Seasonality and timing of sea ice mass balance and heat fluxes in the Arctic transpolar drift during 2019–2020

R Lei, B Cheng, M Hoppmann, F Zhang, G Zuo… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
Sea ice growth and decay are critical processes in the Arctic climate system, but
comprehensive observations are very sparse. We analyzed data from 23 sea ice mass …

Quantifying false bottoms and under-ice meltwater layers beneath Arctic summer sea ice with fine-scale observations

MM Smith, L von Albedyll, IA Raphael, BA Lange… - Elem Sci …, 2022 - online.ucpress.edu
During the Arctic melt season, relatively fresh meltwater layers can accumulate under sea
ice as a result of snow and ice melt, far from terrestrial freshwater inputs. Such under-ice …

Pan-Arctic melt pond fraction trend, variability, and contribution to sea ice changes

J Feng, Y Zhang, Q Cheng, JY Tsou - Global and Planetary Change, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Because the Pan-Arctic melt pond significantly influences the mass balance of sea
ice, analyzing changes in the Pan-Arctic melt pond can offer insights into the Arctic sea ice …

On the importance of representing snow over sea‐ice for simulating the Arctic boundary layer

G Arduini, S Keeley, JJ Day, I Sandu… - Journal of Advances …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Correctly representing the snow on sea‐ice has great potential to improve cryosphere‐
atmosphere coupling in forecasting and monitoring (eg, reanalysis) applications, via …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in the annual sea ice freeze–thaw cycle in the Arctic Ocean from 2001 to 2018

L Lin, R Lei, M Hoppmann, DK Perovich, H He - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
The annual sea ice freeze–thaw cycle plays a crucial role in the Arctic atmosphere—ice–
ocean system, regulating the seasonal energy balance of sea ice and the underlying upper …

[HTML][HTML] Arctic sea ice sensitivity to lateral melting representation in a coupled climate model

MM Smith, M Holland, B Light - The Cryosphere, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
The melting of sea ice floes from the edges (lateral melting) results in open-water formation
and subsequently increases absorption of solar shortwave energy. However, lateral melt …

A sensitivity study of arctic ice-ocean heat exchange to the three-equation boundary condition parametrization in CICE6

L Yu, J Liu, Y Gao, Q Shu - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2022 - Springer
In this study, we perform a stand-alone sensitivity study using the Los Alamos Sea ice model
version 6 (CICE6) to investigate the model sensitivity to two Ice-Ocean (IO) boundary …

Parameterization of submesoscale mixed layer restratification under sea ice

K Shrestha, GE Manucharyan - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Commonly used parameterization of mixed layer instabilities in general circulation models
was developed for temperate oceans and does not take into account the presence of sea ice …