Controls on Arctic sea ice from first-year and multi-year survival rates

The recent decrease in Arctic sea ice cover has transpired with a significant loss of multi year ice. The transition to an Arctic that is populated by thinner first year sea ice has important implications for future trends in area and volume. Here we develop a reduced model for Arctic sea ice with w...

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Main Author: Hunke, Jes
Language:unknown
Published: 2021
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ICE
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/981847
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/981847
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Summary:The recent decrease in Arctic sea ice cover has transpired with a significant loss of multi year ice. The transition to an Arctic that is populated by thinner first year sea ice has important implications for future trends in area and volume. Here we develop a reduced model for Arctic sea ice with which we investigate how the survivability of first year and multi year ice control the mean state, variability, and trends in ice area and volume.