Physical and optical characteristics of heavily melted “rotten” Arctic sea ice

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: C. M. Frantz, B. Light, S. M. Farley, S. Carpenter, R. Lieblappen, Z. Courville, M. V. Orellana, K. Junge
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2019
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Rotten; Barrow; Sea ice; The Cryosphere; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-775-2019; https://doaj.org/article/92f5abfc23e44ad982b03b5fb26e5900

Field investigations of the properties of heavily melted “rotten” Arctic sea ice were carried out on shorefast and drifting ice off the coast of Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, during the melt season. While no formal criteria exist to qualify when ice becomes rotten, the objective of this study...