Ice Thickness and Deformation in the 2018 Greenland Polynya - How much did deformation contribute to sea ice thickness change in the North Greenland Polynya?

• Main Authors: von Albedyll, Luisa, Haas, Christian, Hollands, Thomas, Dierking, Wolfgang, Krumpen, Thomas, Hendricks, Stefan, Rohde, Jan, Kauker, Frank
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Greenland; Wandel; North Greenland; Sea ice; Wandel Sea
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/50347/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/50347/1/9thIICWG_2019_vonAlbedyll.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.59dddb50-ee9c-410c-bf5e-882ba3418c7a

In February and March 2018 a unique polynya of open water had opened in the Wandel Sea north of Greenland due to unusually strong southerly winds. The polynya subsequently refroze and the area of the growing young ice strongly decreased by ice convergence due to northerly winds, constituting a natur...