Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas
The sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas is controlled by the wind forcing and the amount of ice-free water available to generate surface waves. Clear trends in the annual duration of the open water season and in the extent of the seasonal sea ice minimum suggest that the sea state should be i...
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ftunivnewcastnsw:uon:25121 2023-05-15T15:07:34+02:00 Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas Thomson, Jim Fan, Yalin Ackley, Steve Babanin, Alex Liu, Qingxiang Guest, Peter Maksym, Ted Wadhams, Peter Fairall, Chris Persson, Ola Doble, Martin Graber, Hans Stammerjohn, Sharon Meylan, Mike Stopa, Justin Rogers, W. Erick Girard-Ardhuin, Fanny Ardhuin, Fabrice Shen, Hayley Perrie, Will Shen, Hui The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1324774 eng eng Elsevier Ocean Modelling Vol. 105, Issue September 216, p. 1-12 10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.02.009 ©2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CCBY license.(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) CC-BY sea ice Arctic Ocean ocean surface waves journal article 2016 ftunivnewcastnsw 2018-07-27T00:29:24Z The sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas is controlled by the wind forcing and the amount of ice-free water available to generate surface waves. Clear trends in the annual duration of the open water season and in the extent of the seasonal sea ice minimum suggest that the sea state should be increasing, independent of changes in the wind forcing. Wave model hindcasts from four selected years spanning recent conditions are consistent with this expectation. In particular, larger waves are more common in years with less summer sea ice and/or a longer open water season, and peak wave periods are generally longer. The increase in wave energy may affect both the coastal zones and the remaining summer ice pack, as well as delay the autumn ice-edge advance. However, trends in the amount of wave energy impinging on the ice-edge are inconclusive, and the associated processes, especially in the autumn period of new ice formation, have yet to be well-described by in situ observations. There is an implicit trend and evidence for increasing wave energy along the coast of northern Alaska, and this coastal signal is corroborated by satellite altimeter estimates of wave energy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Ocean Chukchi ice pack Sea ice Alaska NOVA: The University of Newcastle Research Online (Australia) Arctic Arctic Ocean |
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The sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas is controlled by the wind forcing and the amount of ice-free water available to generate surface waves. Clear trends in the annual duration of the open water season and in the extent of the seasonal sea ice minimum suggest that the sea state should be increasing, independent of changes in the wind forcing. Wave model hindcasts from four selected years spanning recent conditions are consistent with this expectation. In particular, larger waves are more common in years with less summer sea ice and/or a longer open water season, and peak wave periods are generally longer. The increase in wave energy may affect both the coastal zones and the remaining summer ice pack, as well as delay the autumn ice-edge advance. However, trends in the amount of wave energy impinging on the ice-edge are inconclusive, and the associated processes, especially in the autumn period of new ice formation, have yet to be well-described by in situ observations. There is an implicit trend and evidence for increasing wave energy along the coast of northern Alaska, and this coastal signal is corroborated by satellite altimeter estimates of wave energy. |
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The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences |
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Thomson, Jim Fan, Yalin Ackley, Steve Babanin, Alex Liu, Qingxiang Guest, Peter Maksym, Ted Wadhams, Peter Fairall, Chris Persson, Ola Doble, Martin Graber, Hans Stammerjohn, Sharon Meylan, Mike Stopa, Justin Rogers, W. Erick Girard-Ardhuin, Fanny Ardhuin, Fabrice Shen, Hayley Perrie, Will Shen, Hui |
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Thomson, Jim Fan, Yalin Ackley, Steve Babanin, Alex Liu, Qingxiang Guest, Peter Maksym, Ted Wadhams, Peter Fairall, Chris Persson, Ola Doble, Martin Graber, Hans Stammerjohn, Sharon Meylan, Mike Stopa, Justin Rogers, W. Erick Girard-Ardhuin, Fanny Ardhuin, Fabrice Shen, Hayley Perrie, Will Shen, Hui |
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Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas |
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Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas |
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Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas |
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Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas |
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Emerging trends in the sea state of the Beaufort and Chukchi seas |
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emerging trends in the sea state of the beaufort and chukchi seas |
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2016 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Chukchi ice pack Sea ice Alaska |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Chukchi ice pack Sea ice Alaska |
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Ocean Modelling Vol. 105, Issue September 216, p. 1-12 10.1016/j.ocemod.2016.02.009 |
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©2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CCBY license.(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
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