Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016
An anomalous warm winter 2015–2016 lead to the lowest winter ice extent and highlights the sensitivity of the Arctic sea ice. Here we use the 6 year record of an improved sea ice thickness product retrieved from data fusion of CryoSat-2 radar altimetry and Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity radiometry...
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ftarchimer:oai:archimer.ifremer.fr:49325 2023-05-15T14:33:27+02:00 Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 Ricker, Robert Hendricks, Stefan Girard-ardhuin, Fanny Kaleschke, Lars Lique, Camille Tian-kunze, Xiangshan Nicolaus, Marcel Krumpen, Thomas 2017-04 application/pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/49701.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/49702.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072244 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/ eng eng Amer Geophysical Union info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/640161/EU//SPICES https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/49701.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/49702.pdf doi:10.1002/2016GL072244 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/ 2017. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess restricted use Geophysical Research Letters (0094-8276) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2017-04 , Vol. 44 , N. 7 , P. 3236-3245 Arctic sea ice sea ice thickness remote sensing CryoSat-2 SMOS sea ice growth text Publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftarchimer https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072244 2021-09-23T20:29:23Z An anomalous warm winter 2015–2016 lead to the lowest winter ice extent and highlights the sensitivity of the Arctic sea ice. Here we use the 6 year record of an improved sea ice thickness product retrieved from data fusion of CryoSat-2 radar altimetry and Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity radiometry measurements to examine the impact of recent temperature trend on the Arctic ice mass balance. Between November 2015 and March 2016, we find a consistent drop of cumulative freezing degree days across the Arctic, with a negative peak anomaly of about 1000 degree days in the Barents Sea, coinciding with an Arctic-wide average thinning of 10 cm in March with respect to the 6 year average. In particular, the loss of ice volume is associated with a significant decline of March first-year ice volume by 13%. This reveals that due to the loss of multiyear ice during previous years, the Arctic ice cover becomes more sensitive to climate anomalies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Sea ice Archimer (Archive Institutionnelle de l'Ifremer - Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer) Arctic Barents Sea Geophysical Research Letters 44 7 3236 3245 |
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Arctic sea ice sea ice thickness remote sensing CryoSat-2 SMOS sea ice growth Ricker, Robert Hendricks, Stefan Girard-ardhuin, Fanny Kaleschke, Lars Lique, Camille Tian-kunze, Xiangshan Nicolaus, Marcel Krumpen, Thomas Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 |
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An anomalous warm winter 2015–2016 lead to the lowest winter ice extent and highlights the sensitivity of the Arctic sea ice. Here we use the 6 year record of an improved sea ice thickness product retrieved from data fusion of CryoSat-2 radar altimetry and Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity radiometry measurements to examine the impact of recent temperature trend on the Arctic ice mass balance. Between November 2015 and March 2016, we find a consistent drop of cumulative freezing degree days across the Arctic, with a negative peak anomaly of about 1000 degree days in the Barents Sea, coinciding with an Arctic-wide average thinning of 10 cm in March with respect to the 6 year average. In particular, the loss of ice volume is associated with a significant decline of March first-year ice volume by 13%. This reveals that due to the loss of multiyear ice during previous years, the Arctic ice cover becomes more sensitive to climate anomalies. |
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Ricker, Robert Hendricks, Stefan Girard-ardhuin, Fanny Kaleschke, Lars Lique, Camille Tian-kunze, Xiangshan Nicolaus, Marcel Krumpen, Thomas |
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Ricker, Robert Hendricks, Stefan Girard-ardhuin, Fanny Kaleschke, Lars Lique, Camille Tian-kunze, Xiangshan Nicolaus, Marcel Krumpen, Thomas |
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Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 |
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Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 |
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Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 |
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Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 |
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Satellite-observed drop of Arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 |
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satellite-observed drop of arctic sea ice growth in winter 2015-2016 |
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Amer Geophysical Union |
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https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/49701.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/49702.pdf https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072244 https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00382/49325/ |
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Arctic Barents Sea |
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Arctic Barents Sea Sea ice |
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Geophysical Research Letters (0094-8276) (Amer Geophysical Union), 2017-04 , Vol. 44 , N. 7 , P. 3236-3245 |
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