Landfast Sea Ice Conditions in the Canadian Arctic: 1983 – 2009

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Galley, Ryan J., Else, Brent G.T., Howell, Stephen E.L., Lukovich, Jennifer V., Barber, David G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: sea ice; landfast; coastal; climatology; variability; trends; Canadian Arctic; onset; breakup; duration; Northwest Passage; glace de mer; glace de rive; côtier; climatologie; variabilité; tendances; Arctique canadien; commencement; débâcle; durée; passage du Nord-Ouest; Arctic; Arctic Bay; Cambridge Bay; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Gjoa Haven; Kugluktuk; Pond Inlet; Tuktoyaktuk; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic bay; Arctique*; Northwest passage; Passage du Nord-Ouest; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67242

We used Canadian Ice Service (CIS) digital charts from 1983 to 2009 to create a climatology of landfast sea ice in the Canadian Arctic. The climatology characterized the spatial distribution and variability of landfast ice through an average annual cycle and identified the mean onset date, breakup d...