The Energetics of Extensive Meltwater Flooding of Level Arctic Sea Ice

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
• Main Authors: Diaz, A, Ehn, JK, Landy, JC, Else, BGT, Campbell, K, Papakyriakou, TN
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Dease Strait; Nunavut; albedo; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/8af35c6f-a687-464b-a036-d69b31f4cff4; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/8af35c6f-a687-464b-a036-d69b31f4cff4; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014045; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/files/184368139/Diaz_et_al_2018_Journal_of_Geophysical_Research_Oceans.pdf

During the spring‐to‐summer transition, the snow cover on Arctic sea ice melts and meltwater pools on the surface to form melt ponds; however, the timing and extent of the ponding vary between years. In Dease Strait (Nunavut), this transition was particularly dramatic in 2014 when on 18 June meltwat...