Thinner Sea Ice Contribution to the Remarkable Polynya Formation North of Greenland in August 2018
Abstract In August 2018, a remarkable polynya was observed off the north coast of Greenland, a perennial ice zone where thick sea ice cover persists. In order to investigate the formation process of this polynya, satellite observations, a coupled ice-ocean model, ocean profiling data, and atmosphere...
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crspringernat:10.1007/s00376-021-0136-9 2023-05-15T16:27:28+02:00 Thinner Sea Ice Contribution to the Remarkable Polynya Formation North of Greenland in August 2018 Shen, Xiaoyi Ke, Chang-Qing Cheng, Bin Xia, Wentao Li, Mengmeng Yu, Xuening Li, Haili 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-0136-9 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00376-021-0136-9.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-021-0136-9/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Advances in Atmospheric Sciences volume 38, issue 9, page 1474-1485 ISSN 0256-1530 1861-9533 Atmospheric Science journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-0136-9 2022-01-04T10:52:04Z Abstract In August 2018, a remarkable polynya was observed off the north coast of Greenland, a perennial ice zone where thick sea ice cover persists. In order to investigate the formation process of this polynya, satellite observations, a coupled ice-ocean model, ocean profiling data, and atmosphere reanalysis data were applied. We found that the thinnest sea ice cover in August since 1978 (mean value of 1.1 m, compared to the average value of 2.8 m during 1978−2017) and the modest southerly wind caused by a positive North Atlantic Oscillation (mean value of 0.82, compared to the climatological value of −0.02) were responsible for the formation and maintenance of this polynya. The opening mechanism of this polynya differs from the one formed in February 2018 in the same area caused by persistent anomalously high wind. Sea ice drift patterns have become more responsive to the atmospheric forcing due to thinning of sea ice cover in this region. Article in Journal/Newspaper Greenland North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Sea ice Springer Nature (via Crossref) Greenland Advances in Atmospheric Sciences |
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Abstract In August 2018, a remarkable polynya was observed off the north coast of Greenland, a perennial ice zone where thick sea ice cover persists. In order to investigate the formation process of this polynya, satellite observations, a coupled ice-ocean model, ocean profiling data, and atmosphere reanalysis data were applied. We found that the thinnest sea ice cover in August since 1978 (mean value of 1.1 m, compared to the average value of 2.8 m during 1978−2017) and the modest southerly wind caused by a positive North Atlantic Oscillation (mean value of 0.82, compared to the climatological value of −0.02) were responsible for the formation and maintenance of this polynya. The opening mechanism of this polynya differs from the one formed in February 2018 in the same area caused by persistent anomalously high wind. Sea ice drift patterns have become more responsive to the atmospheric forcing due to thinning of sea ice cover in this region. |
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Thinner Sea Ice Contribution to the Remarkable Polynya Formation North of Greenland in August 2018 |
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Thinner Sea Ice Contribution to the Remarkable Polynya Formation North of Greenland in August 2018 |
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