Spatial and temporal variability in snow melt onset over Arctic sea ice and associated atmospheric conditions

• Main Author: Drobot, Sheldon Dean
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2000
• Subjects: Geography|Atmospheric sciences; albedo; Arctic Archipelago; Arctic Ocean; Baffin Bay; Baffin; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Climate change; Kara-Laptev; laptev; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9976985

The snow melt onset date represents an important transitional point in the Arctic energy balance, when the surface albedo decreases rapidly and surface energy absorption increases rapidly in response to the appearance of liquid water. An improved understanding of the spatial and temporal variability...