Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011
The satellite-observed sea ice thickness records from 2003 to 2020 identify an extreme sea ice thickness loss during 2010–2011. Ice thickness budget analysis demonstrates that the thickness loss was associated with an extraordinarily large multiyear ice volume export through the Fram Strait during t...
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ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:533106 2023-05-15T13:10:38+02:00 Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011 Li, Xuewei Yang, Qinghua Yu, Lejiang Holland, Paul Min, Chao Mu, Longjiang Chen, Dake 2022-09-01 text http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533106/ https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533106/1/Li_2022_Environ._Res._Lett._17_095008.pdf https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8be7 en eng IOP Publishing https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533106/1/Li_2022_Environ._Res._Lett._17_095008.pdf Li, Xuewei; Yang, Qinghua; Yu, Lejiang; Holland, Paul orcid:0000-0001-8370-289X Min, Chao; Mu, Longjiang; Chen, Dake. 2022 Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (9), 095008. 10, pp. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8be7 <https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8be7> cc_by_4 CC-BY Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2022 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8be7 2023-02-04T19:53:33Z The satellite-observed sea ice thickness records from 2003 to 2020 identify an extreme sea ice thickness loss during 2010–2011. Ice thickness budget analysis demonstrates that the thickness loss was associated with an extraordinarily large multiyear ice volume export through the Fram Strait during the season of sea ice advance. High cloudiness led to positive anomalies of net longwave radiation, and positive net surface energy flux anomalies supported enhanced sea ice melt from June to August. Due to the multiyear ice loss, the Arctic sea ice became more sensitive to subsequent atmospheric anomalies. The reduced surface albedo triggering a positive ice-albedo amplifying feedback and contributed to the accelerating loss of ice thickness. These tightly coupled events highlight that the increasingly younger and thinner Arctic sea ice is becoming more vulnerable to external forcing and created the precondition for the rapid reduction in sea ice extent in 2012. Article in Journal/Newspaper albedo Arctic Arctic Fram Strait Sea ice Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Arctic Environmental Research Letters 17 9 095008 |
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The satellite-observed sea ice thickness records from 2003 to 2020 identify an extreme sea ice thickness loss during 2010–2011. Ice thickness budget analysis demonstrates that the thickness loss was associated with an extraordinarily large multiyear ice volume export through the Fram Strait during the season of sea ice advance. High cloudiness led to positive anomalies of net longwave radiation, and positive net surface energy flux anomalies supported enhanced sea ice melt from June to August. Due to the multiyear ice loss, the Arctic sea ice became more sensitive to subsequent atmospheric anomalies. The reduced surface albedo triggering a positive ice-albedo amplifying feedback and contributed to the accelerating loss of ice thickness. These tightly coupled events highlight that the increasingly younger and thinner Arctic sea ice is becoming more vulnerable to external forcing and created the precondition for the rapid reduction in sea ice extent in 2012. |
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Li, Xuewei Yang, Qinghua Yu, Lejiang Holland, Paul Min, Chao Mu, Longjiang Chen, Dake Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011 |
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Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011 |
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Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011 |
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Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011 |
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Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011 |
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Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011 |
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unprecedented arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through fram strait during 2010-2011 |
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https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/533106/1/Li_2022_Environ._Res._Lett._17_095008.pdf Li, Xuewei; Yang, Qinghua; Yu, Lejiang; Holland, Paul orcid:0000-0001-8370-289X Min, Chao; Mu, Longjiang; Chen, Dake. 2022 Unprecedented Arctic sea ice thickness loss and multiyear-ice volume export through Fram Strait during 2010-2011. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (9), 095008. 10, pp. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8be7 <https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8be7> |
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