Norwegian Young Sea Ice Experiment (N-ICE) Field Campaign Report
The Norwegian Young Sea Ice (N-ICE) experiment was conducted aboard the R/V Lance research vessel from January through June 2015. The primary purpose of the experiment was to better understand thin, first-year sea ice. This includes understanding of how different components of the Arctic system affe...
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ftosti:oai:osti.gov:1248935 2023-07-30T04:01:34+02:00 Norwegian Young Sea Ice Experiment (N-ICE) Field Campaign Report Walden, V. P. Hudson, S. R. Cohen, L. 2016-05-12 application/pdf http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248935 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1248935 https://doi.org/10.2172/1248935 unknown http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1248935 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1248935 https://doi.org/10.2172/1248935 doi:10.2172/1248935 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 2016 ftosti https://doi.org/10.2172/1248935 2023-07-11T09:05:54Z The Norwegian Young Sea Ice (N-ICE) experiment was conducted aboard the R/V Lance research vessel from January through June 2015. The primary purpose of the experiment was to better understand thin, first-year sea ice. This includes understanding of how different components of the Arctic system affect sea ice, but also how changing sea ice affects the system. A major part of this effort is to characterize the atmospheric conditions throughout the experiment. A micropulse lidar (MPL) (S/N: 108) was deployed from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility as part of the atmospheric suite of instruments. The MPL operated successfully throughout the entire experiment, acquiring data from 21 January 2015 through 23 June 2015. The MPL was the essential instrument for determining the phase (water, ice or mixed) of the lower-level clouds over the sea ice. Data obtained from the MPL during the N-ICE experiment show large cloud fractions over young, thin Arctic sea ice from January through June 2015 (north of Svalbard). The winter season was characterized by frequent synoptic storms and large fluctuations in the near-surface temperature. There was much less synoptic activity in spring and summer as the near-surface temperature rose to 0 C. The cloud fraction was lower in winter (60%) than in the spring and summer (80%). Supercooled liquid clouds were observed for most of the deployment, appearing first in mid-February. Spring and summer clouds were characterized by low, thick, uniform clouds. Other/Unknown Material Arctic R/V Lance Sea ice Svalbard SciTec Connect (Office of Scientific and Technical Information - OSTI, U.S. Department of Energy) Arctic Svalbard |
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The Norwegian Young Sea Ice (N-ICE) experiment was conducted aboard the R/V Lance research vessel from January through June 2015. The primary purpose of the experiment was to better understand thin, first-year sea ice. This includes understanding of how different components of the Arctic system affect sea ice, but also how changing sea ice affects the system. A major part of this effort is to characterize the atmospheric conditions throughout the experiment. A micropulse lidar (MPL) (S/N: 108) was deployed from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility as part of the atmospheric suite of instruments. The MPL operated successfully throughout the entire experiment, acquiring data from 21 January 2015 through 23 June 2015. The MPL was the essential instrument for determining the phase (water, ice or mixed) of the lower-level clouds over the sea ice. Data obtained from the MPL during the N-ICE experiment show large cloud fractions over young, thin Arctic sea ice from January through June 2015 (north of Svalbard). The winter season was characterized by frequent synoptic storms and large fluctuations in the near-surface temperature. There was much less synoptic activity in spring and summer as the near-surface temperature rose to 0 C. The cloud fraction was lower in winter (60%) than in the spring and summer (80%). Supercooled liquid clouds were observed for most of the deployment, appearing first in mid-February. Spring and summer clouds were characterized by low, thick, uniform clouds. |
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Norwegian Young Sea Ice Experiment (N-ICE) Field Campaign Report |
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Norwegian Young Sea Ice Experiment (N-ICE) Field Campaign Report |
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Norwegian Young Sea Ice Experiment (N-ICE) Field Campaign Report |
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