Summertime sea-ice prediction in the Weddell Sea improved by sea-ice thickness initialization. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2021 AbstractSkillful sea-ice prediction in the Antarctic Ocean remains a big challenge due to paucity of sea-ice observations and insufficient representation of sea-ice processes in climate models. Using a coupled general circulation model, this study demonstrates skillful prediction of the summertime sea-ice concentration (SIC) in the Weddell Sea with ...
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Estimating Arctic Sea Ice Thickness with CryoSat-2 Altimetry Data Using the Least Squares Adjustment Method [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Satellite altimeters can be used to derive long-term and large-scale sea ice thickness changes. Sea ice thickness retrieval is based on measurements of freeboard, and the conversion of freeboard to thickness requires knowledge of the snow depth and snow,
Feng Xiao +5 more
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Sea Ice Thickness in the Western Ross Sea [PDF]
Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 AbstractUsing airborne measurements, we provide a first direct glimpse of the sea ice thickness distribution in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica, where the distinguishing sea ice process is the regular occurrence of the Ross Sea, McMurdo Sound, and Terra Nova Bay polynyas.
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Regime shift in Arctic Ocean sea ice thickness. [PDF]
Nature, 2023 AbstractManifestations of climate change are often shown as gradual changes in physical or biogeochemical properties1. Components of the climate system, however, can show stepwise shifts from one regime to another, as a nonlinear response of the system to a changing forcing2.
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Thickness distribution of Antarctic sea ice [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research, 2008 Ship‐based observations are used to describe regional and seasonal changes in the thickness distribution and characteristics of sea ice and snow cover thickness around Antarctica. The data set comprises 23,373 observations collected over more than 2 decades of activity and has been compiled as part of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research ...
Michael L Van Woert, Stephen F Ackley
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Discrimination Algorithm and Procedure of Snow Depth and Sea Ice Thickness Determination Using Measurements of the Vertical Ice Temperature Profile by the Ice-Tethered Buoys [PDF]
Sensors, 2018 Snow depth and sea ice thickness in the Polar Regions are significant indicators of climate change and have been measured over several decades by ice-tethered buoys.
Guangyu Zuo, Yinke Dou, Ruibo Lei
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Impact of assimilating sea ice concentration, sea ice thickness and snow depth in a coupled ocean–sea ice modelling system [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2019 The accuracy of the initial state is very important for the quality of a forecast, and data assimilation is crucial for obtaining the best-possible initial state.
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The effects of assimilating a sub-grid-scale sea ice thickness distribution in a new Arctic sea ice data assimilation system [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2023 In the past decade groundbreaking new satellite observations of the Arctic sea ice cover have been made, allowing researchers to understand the state of the Arctic sea ice system in greater detail than before.
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Assimilating CryoSat-2 freeboard to improve Arctic sea ice thickness estimates [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2023 In this study, a new method to assimilate freeboard (FB) derived from satellite radar altimetry is presented with the goal of improving the initial state of sea ice thickness predictions in the Arctic.
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A long-term proxy for sea ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic: 1996–2020 [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2023 This study presents a long-term winter sea ice thickness proxy product for the Canadian Arctic based on a random forest regression model – applied to ice charts and scatterometer data, trained on CryoSat-2 observations, and applying an ice type–sea ice ...
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