snow ice
Estimating the snow depth, the snow–ice interface temperature, and the effective temperature of Arctic sea ice using Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 and ice mass balance buoy data
... observed snow depth measured by the acoustic sounder of IMB and the regressed snow depth computed from AMSR2 TBs with ...IMB snow depth observa- tions and our snow depth regression is ...large ...
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Estimating snow depth over Arctic sea ice from calibrated dual-frequency radar freeboards
... of snow penetration depth as a function of microwave wavelength (Ulaby et ...of snow penetra- tion and biases due to sampling area cannot be separated and instead correct for both simultaneously by ...
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Nitrate deposition and preservation in the snowpack along a traverse from coast to the ice sheet summit (Dome A) in East Antarctica
... the snow and ice core NO − 3 concentrations were found to be linked with regional atmospheric circulation ...affect snow NO − 3 concentrations indirectly through an influence on the air mass ...
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Sea ice CO 2dynamics and air–ice CO2 fluxes during the Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic (SIMBA) experiment – Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica
... Although snow thickness and distribution are variable and primarily result from wind-induced redistribution dur- ing storms (Weeks, 2010), the impact of snow cover on the thermal evolution of sea ice ...
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The role of snow in the thickening processes of lake ice at Lake Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
... lake ice at mid-latitudes subject to moderate air temperature, heavy snow and abundant solar radiation even in winter, we conducted field observations at Lake Abashiri in Japan for three winters and ...
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The relation between sea ice thickness and freeboard in the Arctic
... sea ice thickness from CryoSat-2 radar altimeter freeboard data requires observa- tional data to verify the relation between these two ...in-situ ice and snow data from 689 observation sites, ...
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Snow-driven uncertainty in CryoSat-2-derived Antarctic sea ice thickness – insights from McMurdo Sound
... sea ice, the air–snow interface, the snow–ice interface or an undefined interface between the ...the snow–ice interface is ...of snow influences the CS-2 height re- ...
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Brief communication: The challenge and benefit of using sea ice concentration satellite data products with uncertainty estimates in summer sea ice data assimilation
... of ice thickness such as ICESat (Kwok and Rothrock, 2009), CryoSat-2 (Laxon et ...sea ice thickness from either laser/radar altimetry or brightness temperature dur- ing summer melt conditions due to wet ...
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The sub-ice platelet layer and its influence on freeboard to thickness conversion of Antarctic sea ice
... sub- ice platelet layer found under land-fast sea ice in McMurdo ...sea ice thickness. Sea ice thickness was overestimated on average by 12 % in southern McMurdo Sound as a result of the ...
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Archival processes of the water stable isotope signal in East Antarctic ice cores
... positions contrasting with results from NEEM and Kohnen (Steen-Larsen et al., 2014; Ritter et al., 2016). Our obser- vations are largely consistent with a closed system: during frost events, the vapour becomes enriched ...
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Parameterization of atmosphere–surface exchange of CO2 over sea ice
... molecular gradient-diffusion flux at the surface. This also im- plies that fluxes measured using micrometeorological tech- niques (Businger, 1986; Businger and Delany, 1990; Fowler and Duyzer, 1989) at heights above the ...
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The effect of snow/sea ice type on the response of albedo and light penetration depth ( -folding depth) to increasing black carbon
... of snow and sea ice will respond differently to addi- tions of light-absorbing impurities such as black ...of ice is very small (Brandt and Warren, 2008) and thus light-absorbing impurities have a ...
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How much snow falls on the Antarctic ice sheet?
... Abstract. Climate models predict Antarctic precipitation to increase during the 21st century, but their present day Antarc- tic precipitation differs. A model-independent climatology of the Antarctic precipitation ...
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User requirements for the snow and land ice services – CryoLand
... primary snow product is a continuous data record of snow extent on a global ...Wet snow should also be monitored consistently with current sensors, while snow depth and snow water ...
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Canadian snow and sea ice: historical trends and projections
... near-future snow loss (as a percentage of cli- matological snow) is projected to occur in the shoulder sea- sons (October–November, ...in snow cover extent pro- jections because winter temperatures ...
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Analysis of Principal Components of the Sea Ice Concentration Fields in the Barents Sea
... the ice edge boundary in the northern Barents Sea in winter [23] corresponds to the main positive center of the third mode (74 – 76° N and 35 – 45° E) (Figure 1, ...The ice edge position is one of the most ...
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Stable isotope and gas properties of two climatically contrasting (Pleistocene and Holocene) ice wedges from Cape Mamontov Klyk, Laptev Sea, northern Siberia
... two ice wedges, as discussed ...the ice-sand wedge ...in ice wedges and resembles the “stratified facies” found in basal glacier ice ...where ice results from film water refreezing on ...
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The Louvain-La-Neuve sea ice model LIM3.6: global and regional capabilities
... single ice thickness category ...thin ice, which typi- cally reduces the amplitude of the seasonal cycle of ice extent (Holland et ...sea ice and snow thermal conductivities, in order ...
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New methodology to estimate Arctic sea ice concentration from SMOS combining brightness temperature differences in a maximum-likelihood estimator
... air, snow, and thick ...the ice–snow and snow–air media boundaries, making a number of simpli- fying ...the ice layer is semi-infinite so that radiation from an underly- ing fourth ...
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Sensitivity of Pliocene climate simulations in MRI-CGCM2.3 to respective boundary conditions
... shrunk ice sheets compared with the PlioMIP1 lead to local and remote influ- ences including snow and sea ice albedo feedback, and pole- ward heat transport due to the atmosphere and ocean that re- ...
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