Continuous observations of the surface energy budget and meteorology over the Arctic sea ice during MOSAiC

CJ Cox, MR Gallagher, MD Shupe, POG Persson… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC)
was a yearlong expedition supported by the icebreaker R/V Polarstern, following the …

Sea ice and snow characteristics from year-long transects at the MOSAiC Central Observatory

P Itkin, S Hendricks, M Webster, L von Albedyll… - Elem Sci …, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
Repeated transects have become the backbone of spatially distributed ice and snow
thickness measurements crucial for understanding of ice mass balance. Here we detail the …

Sea Ice Melt Pond Fraction Derived From Sentinel‐2 Data: Along the MOSAiC Drift and Arctic‐Wide

H Niehaus, G Spreen, G Birnbaum… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Melt ponds forming on Arctic sea ice in summer significantly reduce the surface albedo and
impact the heat and mass balance of the sea ice. Therefore, their areal coverage, which can …

Thin and transient meltwater layers and false bottoms in the Arctic sea ice pack—Recent insights on these historically overlooked features

MM Smith, H Angot, EJ Chamberlain… - Elementa: Science of …, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
Estimates of ground-level ozone concentrations have been improved through data fusion of
observations and atmospheric chemistry models. Our previous global ozone estimates for …

Temporal evolution of under-ice meltwater layers and false bottoms and their impact on summer Arctic sea ice mass balance

E Salganik, C Katlein, BA Lange, I Matero, R Lei… - Elem Sci …, 2023 - online.ucpress.edu
Low-salinity meltwater from Arctic sea ice and its snow cover accumulates and creates
under-ice meltwater layers below sea ice. These meltwater layers can result in the formation …

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 …

[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 …

Modeling the winter heat conduction through the sea ice system during MOSAiC

L Zampieri, D Clemens‐Sewall, A Sledd… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Models struggle to accurately simulate observed sea ice thickness changes, which
could be partially due to inadequate representation of thermodynamic processes. We …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal and interannual variability of the landfast ice mass balance between 2009 and 2018 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

N Li, R Lei, P Heil, B Cheng, M Ding, Z Tian… - The Cryosphere, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Landfast ice (LFI) plays a crucial role for both the climate and the ecosystem of the Antarctic
coastal regions. We investigate the snow and LFI mass balance in Prydz Bay using …

The varied role of atmospheric rivers in arctic snow depth variations

H Li, CQ Ke, X Shen, Q Zhu, Y Cai… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The state and fate of snow on sea ice are crucial in the mass and energy balance of sea ice.
The function of atmospheric rivers (ARs) on snow depth over sea ice has not been …