Recent advances and challenges in observing the rapidly changing Arctic Ocean ...

• Main Author: Timmermans, Mary-Louise
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences 2023
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.57757/iugg23-0375; https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5016097

<!--!introduction!--> In recent decades, prominent Arctic Ocean changes have included precipitous sea-ice decline, distinct ocean warming, and circulation transitions that encompass changing influences from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. These changes have been documented by observing systems and programs that collectively resolve both the short spatial and temporal scales as well as the basin and decadal scales necessary for building understanding of the Arctic Ocean. Observing approaches range from ice-based sensors mounted in drifting sea-ice, to ship-based measurements, moorings, autonomous underwater vehicles and floats, and remote sensing. Interpretation of the extensive data has advanced our understanding of climate feedbacks (e.g., processes that accelerate ice melt) and dynamical balances in the ocean-ice-atmosphere system (e.g., processes that relate to circulation transitions). Vital gaps in our understanding remain, however, because of obstacles to acquiring year-round measurements in all ... : The 28th IUGG General Assembly (IUGG2023) (Berlin 2023) ...