Features of sea ice motion observed with ice buoys from the central Arctic Ocean to Fram Strait

• Main Authors: Hongwei, Han, Ruibo, Lei, Peng, Lu, Zhijun, Li
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2020
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Cryosphere; Oceans; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Strong Peak; Advances in Polar Science; Arctic Basin; Fram Strait; Polar Science; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://library.arcticportal.org/2711/; http://library.arcticportal.org/2711/1/A2001003.pdf

Using six ice-tethered buoys deployed in 2012, we analyzed sea ice motion in the central Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait. The two-hourly buoy-derived ice velocities had a magnitude range of 0.01–0.80 m·s−1, although ice velocities within the Arctic Basin were generally less than 0.4 m·s−1. Complex Four...