Snow on Antarctic sea ice
Snow on Antarctic sea ice plays a complex and highly variable role in air-sea-ice interaction processes and the Earth's climate system. Using data collected mostly during the past 10 years, this paper reviews the following topics: snow thickness and snow type and their geographical and seasonal...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:22367 2023-05-15T13:11:23+02:00 Snow on Antarctic sea ice Massom, RA Eicken, H Haas, C Jeffries, MO Drinkwater, MR Sturm, M Worby, AP Wu, X Lytle, VI Ushio, S Morris, K Reid, PA Warren, SG Allison, I 2001 https://doi.org/10.1029/2000RG000085 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/22367 en eng American Geophysical Union http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2000RG000085 Massom, RA and Eicken, H and Haas, C and Jeffries, MO and Drinkwater, MR and Sturm, M and Worby, AP and Wu, X and Lytle, VI and Ushio, S and Morris, K and Reid, PA and Warren, SG and Allison, I, Snow on Antarctic sea ice, Review of Geophysics, 39, (3) pp. 413-445. ISSN 8755-1209 (2001) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/22367 Earth Sciences Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience Glaciology Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2001 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1029/2000RG000085 2019-12-13T21:04:19Z Snow on Antarctic sea ice plays a complex and highly variable role in air-sea-ice interaction processes and the Earth's climate system. Using data collected mostly during the past 10 years, this paper reviews the following topics: snow thickness and snow type and their geographical and seasonal variations; snow grain size, density, and salinity; frequency of occurrence of slush; thermal conductivity, snow surface temperature, and temperature gradients within snow; and the effect of snow thickness on albedo. Major findings include large regional and seasonal differencies in snow properties and thicknesses; the consequences of thicker snow and thinner ice in the Antarctic relative to the Arctic (e.g., the importance of flooding and snow-ice formation); the potential impact of increasing snowfall resulting from global climate change; lower observed values of snow thermal conductivity than those typically used in models; periodic large-scale melt in winter; and the contrast in summer melt processes between the Arctic and the Antarctic. Both climate modeling and remote sensing would benefit by taking account of the differences between the two polar regions. Article in Journal/Newspaper albedo Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Climate change Sea ice eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Reviews of Geophysics 39 3 413 445 |
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Snow on Antarctic sea ice plays a complex and highly variable role in air-sea-ice interaction processes and the Earth's climate system. Using data collected mostly during the past 10 years, this paper reviews the following topics: snow thickness and snow type and their geographical and seasonal variations; snow grain size, density, and salinity; frequency of occurrence of slush; thermal conductivity, snow surface temperature, and temperature gradients within snow; and the effect of snow thickness on albedo. Major findings include large regional and seasonal differencies in snow properties and thicknesses; the consequences of thicker snow and thinner ice in the Antarctic relative to the Arctic (e.g., the importance of flooding and snow-ice formation); the potential impact of increasing snowfall resulting from global climate change; lower observed values of snow thermal conductivity than those typically used in models; periodic large-scale melt in winter; and the contrast in summer melt processes between the Arctic and the Antarctic. Both climate modeling and remote sensing would benefit by taking account of the differences between the two polar regions. |
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