On the Response of a Sea-Ice Cover to Changes in Surface Temperature

The time separation between related extremes in the values of surface temperature and growth rate of a floating ice cover are shown to depend on the mean ice temperature and thickness. A quantity termed the lag coefficient is introduced for which observations from Churchill, Hudson Bay, and Davis, A...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Author: Schwerdtfeger, Peter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1966
Subjects:
Earth-Surface Processes
Hudson Bay
Hudson
Antarc*
Antarctica
Journal of Glaciology
Sea ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000019560
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000019560
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Summary:The time separation between related extremes in the values of surface temperature and growth rate of a floating ice cover are shown to depend on the mean ice temperature and thickness. A quantity termed the lag coefficient is introduced for which observations from Churchill, Hudson Bay, and Davis, Antarctica, suggest a dependence on temperature but not on geography.

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