The Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean: present knowledge and future challenges

M Vernet, W Geibert, M Hoppema… - Reviews of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Weddell Gyre (WG) is one of the main oceanographic features of the Southern
Ocean south of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current which plays an influential role in global …

Role of sea ice in global biogeochemical cycles: emerging views and challenges

M Vancoppenolle, KM Meiners, C Michel… - Quaternary science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Observations from the last decade suggest an important role of sea ice in the global
biogeochemical cycles, promoted by (i) active biological and chemical processes within the …

A validation of ERA5 reanalysis data in the Southern Antarctic Peninsula—Ellsworth land region, and its implications for ice core studies

D Tetzner, E Thomas, C Allen - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Climate reanalyses provide key information to calibrate proxy records in regions with scarce
direct observations. The climate reanalysis used to perform a proxy calibration should …

Sea-ice transport driving Southern Ocean salinity and its recent trends

FA Haumann, N Gruber, M Münnich, I Frenger, S Kern - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Recent salinity changes in the Southern Ocean,,,,,, are among the most prominent signals of
climate change in the global ocean, yet their underlying causes have not been firmly …

The scientific legacy of NASA's Operation IceBridge

JA MacGregor, LN Boisvert, B Medley, AA Petty… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Operation IceBridge
(OIB) was a 13‐year (2009–2021) airborne mission to survey land and sea ice across the …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating Arctic sea ice thickness and volume using CryoSat-2 radar altimeter data

RL Tilling, A Ridout, A Shepherd - Advances in Space Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Arctic sea ice is a major element of the Earth's climate system. It acts to regulate regional
heat and freshwater budgets and subsequent atmospheric and oceanic circulation across …

[HTML][HTML] The role of surface albedo feedback in climate

A Hall - Journal of climate, 2004 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Role of Surface Albedo Feedback in Climate in: Journal of Climate Volume 17 Issue 7 (2004)
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[HTML][HTML] Antarctic sea ice change and variability–physical and ecological implications

RA Massom, SE Stammerjohn - Polar Science, 2010 - Elsevier
Although Antarctic sea ice is undergoing a slight increase in overall extent, major regional
changes are occurring in its spatio-temporal characteristics (most notably in sea ice …

Snow in the changing sea-ice systems

M Webster, S Gerland, M Holland, E Hunke… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Snow is the most reflective, and also the most insulative, natural material on Earth.
Consequently, it is an integral part of the sea-ice and climate systems. However, the spatial …

Polar regions. chapter 3, ipcc special report on the ocean and cryosphere in a changing climate

M Meredith, M Sommerkorn, S Cassotta, C Derksen… - 2019 - repository.library.noaa.gov
This chapter assesses the state of physical, biological and social knowledge concerning the
Arctic and Antarctic ocean and cryosphere, how they are affected by climate change, and …