Interannual Variability of Landfast Ice Thickness in the Canadian High Arctic, 1950-89

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Brown, Ross D., Cote, Phil
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Climate change; Fast ice; Heat transmission; Mathematical models; Sea ice; Snow; Spatial distribution; Synoptic climatology; Thickness; Alert Inlet; Nunavut; Alert; Canadian Arctic Islands; Canadian Arctic Islands waters; Eureka Sound; Eureka; Isachsen; Cape; waters; Mould Bay (Weather Station); N.W.T; Mould Bay; Resolute Bay; Arctic; Arctique*; banquise; Global warming
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64457

A physical one-dimensional heat transfer model of fast ice growth was used to investigate the interannual variability of maximum fast ice thickness at four sites in the High Arctic over the period 1950-89. The insulating role of snow cover was found to be the most important factor, explaining 30-60%...