A database of snow on sea ice in the central Arctic collected during the MOSAiC expedition

AR Macfarlane, M Schneebeli, R Dadic, A Tavri… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Snow plays an essential role in the Arctic as the interface between the sea ice and the
atmosphere. Optical properties, thermal conductivity and mass distribution are critical to …

[HTML][HTML] Snowfall and snow accumulation during the MOSAiC winter and spring seasons

DN Wagner, MD Shupe, C Cox, OG Persson… - The …, 2022 - tc.copernicus.org
Data from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
expedition allowed us to investigate the temporal dynamics of snowfall, snow accumulation …

Evolution of the microstructure and reflectance of the surface scattering layer on melting, level Arctic sea ice

AR Macfarlane, R Dadic, MM Smith, B Light… - Elem Sci …, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
The microstructure of the uppermost portions of a melting Arctic sea ice cover has a
disproportionately large influence on how incident sunlight is reflected and absorbed in the …

Sea ice mass balance during the MOSAiC drift experiment: Results from manual ice and snow thickness gauges

IA Raphael, DK Perovich… - Elementa: Science of …, 2024 - online.ucpress.edu
Precise measurements of Arctic sea ice mass balance are necessary to understand the
rapidly changing sea ice cover and its representation in climate models. During the …

Contrasting Seasonal Isotopic Signatures of Near‐Surface Atmospheric Water Vapor in the Central Arctic During the MOSAiC Campaign

CF Brunello, H Meyer, M Mellat… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Arctic is experiencing unprecedented moistening which is expected to have far‐
reaching impact on global climate and weather patterns. However, it remains unclear …

Temporospatial variability of snow's thermal conductivity on Arctic sea ice

AR Macfarlane, H Löwe, L Gimenes, DN Wagner… - The …, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Snow significantly impacts the seasonal growth of Arctic sea ice due to its thermally
insulating properties. Various measurements and parameterizations of thermal properties …

Snowfall and snow accumulation processes during the MOSAiC winter and spring season

DN Wagner, MD Shupe, OG Persson… - The Cryosphere …, 2021 - tc.copernicus.org
Data from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
expedition allowed us to investigate the temporal dynamics of snowfall, snow accumulation …

Sensitivity of the Arctic sea ice cover to the summer surface scattering layer

MM Smith, B Light, AR Macfarlane… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The “surface scattering layer”(SSL) is the highly‐scattering, coarse‐grained ice layer that
forms on the surface of melting, drained sea ice during spring and summer. Ice of sufficient …

Observations of preferential summer melt of Arctic sea-ice ridge keels from repeated multibeam sonar surveys

E Salganik, BA Lange, C Katlein, I Matero… - The Cryosphere …, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Sea-ice ridges constitute a large fraction of the total Arctic sea-ice area (up to 40–50%);
nevertheless, they are the least studied part of the Arctic ice pack. Here we investigate sea …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship of physical and mechanical properties of sea ice during the freeze-up season in Nansen Basin

V Hornnes, E Salganik, KV Høyland - Cold Regions Science and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Sea-ice properties, such as porosity and strength, can have significant spatial variability at
small scales. Quantifying this variability may give better estimates of the ice properties and …