Meltwater sources and sinks for multiyear Arctic sea ice in summer
On Arctic sea ice, the melt of snow and sea ice generate a summertime flux of fresh water to the upper ocean. The partitioning of this meltwater to storage in melt ponds and deposition in the ocean has consequences for the surface heat budget, the sea ice mass balance, and primary productivity. Synt...
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ftnonlinearchiv:oai:noa.gwlb.de:cop_mods_00058242 2023-05-15T14:55:03+02:00 Meltwater sources and sinks for multiyear Arctic sea ice in summer Perovich, Don Smith, Madison Light, Bonnie Webster, Melinda 2021-09 electronic https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4517-2021 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00058242 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00057892/tc-15-4517-2021.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/4517/2021/tc-15-4517-2021.pdf eng eng Copernicus Publications The Cryosphere -- ˜Theœ Cryosphere -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2393169 -- http://www.the-cryosphere.net/ -- 1994-0424 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4517-2021 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00058242 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00057892/tc-15-4517-2021.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/4517/2021/tc-15-4517-2021.pdf https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ uneingeschränkt info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY article Verlagsveröffentlichung article Text doc-type:article 2021 ftnonlinearchiv https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4517-2021 2022-02-08T22:33:09Z On Arctic sea ice, the melt of snow and sea ice generate a summertime flux of fresh water to the upper ocean. The partitioning of this meltwater to storage in melt ponds and deposition in the ocean has consequences for the surface heat budget, the sea ice mass balance, and primary productivity. Synthesizing results from the 1997–1998 SHEBA field experiment, we calculate the sources and sinks of meltwater produced on a multiyear floe during summer melt. The total meltwater input to the system from snowmelt, ice melt, and precipitation from 1 June to 9 August was equivalent to a layer of water 80 cm thick over the ice-covered and open ocean. A total of 85 % of this meltwater was deposited in the ocean, and only 15 % of this meltwater was stored in ponds. The cumulative contributions of meltwater input to the ocean from drainage from the ice surface and bottom melting were roughly equal. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Sea ice The Cryosphere Niedersächsisches Online-Archiv NOA Arctic The Cryosphere 15 9 4517 4525 |
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On Arctic sea ice, the melt of snow and sea ice generate a summertime flux of fresh water to the upper ocean. The partitioning of this meltwater to storage in melt ponds and deposition in the ocean has consequences for the surface heat budget, the sea ice mass balance, and primary productivity. Synthesizing results from the 1997–1998 SHEBA field experiment, we calculate the sources and sinks of meltwater produced on a multiyear floe during summer melt. The total meltwater input to the system from snowmelt, ice melt, and precipitation from 1 June to 9 August was equivalent to a layer of water 80 cm thick over the ice-covered and open ocean. A total of 85 % of this meltwater was deposited in the ocean, and only 15 % of this meltwater was stored in ponds. The cumulative contributions of meltwater input to the ocean from drainage from the ice surface and bottom melting were roughly equal. |
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Meltwater sources and sinks for multiyear Arctic sea ice in summer |
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Meltwater sources and sinks for multiyear Arctic sea ice in summer |
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Meltwater sources and sinks for multiyear Arctic sea ice in summer |
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The Cryosphere -- ˜Theœ Cryosphere -- http://www.bibliothek.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/?2393169 -- http://www.the-cryosphere.net/ -- 1994-0424 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4517-2021 https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00058242 https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00057892/tc-15-4517-2021.pdf https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/4517/2021/tc-15-4517-2021.pdf |
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