Overview of the Arctic Sea State and Boundary Layer Physics Program
Abstract
A large collaborative program has studied the coupled air‐ice‐ocean‐wave processes occurring in the Arctic during the autumn ice advance. The program included a field campaign in the western Arctic during the autumn of 2015, with in situ data collection and both aerial and satellite remote sensing. Many of the analyses have focused on using and improving forecast models. Summarizing and synthesizing the results from a series of separate papers, the overall view is of an Arctic shifting to a more seasonal system. The dramatic increase in open water extent and duration in the autumn means that large surface waves and significant surface heat fluxes are now common. When refreezing finally does occur, it is a highly variable process in space and time. Wind and wave events drive episodic advances and retreats of the ice edge, with associated variations in sea ice formation types (e.g., pancakes, nilas). This variability becomes imprinted on the winter ice cover, which in turn affects the melt season the following year.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1002/2018jc013766
Entities
People
- Alexander Babanin
- Benjamin Holt
- Björn Lund
- Christopher W. Fairall
- Clarence Collins
- Claus Gebhardt
- Fabien Montiel
- Fabrice Ardhuin
- Fanny Girard-Ardhuin
- Guillaume Boutin
- Hans C. Graber
- Hayley H. Shen
- Hui Shen
- J. M. Brozena
- Jim Thomson
- Johannes Gemmrich
- Justin Stopa
- Luc Rainville
- M Doble
- Madison Smith
- Michael Meylan
- Ola Persson
- Peter Guest
- Peter Sutherland
- Peter Wadhams
- Sharon Stammerjohn
- Stephen Ackley
- Sukun Cheng
- Susanne Lehner
- Ted Maksym
- Vernon Squire
- William Perrie
- William Rogers
Organizations
- Bedford Institute of Oceanography
- California Institute of Technology
- Clarkson University
- Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
- European Space Agency
- German Aerospace Center
- John C. Stennis Space Center
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Naval Postgraduate School
- Office of Naval Research
- Stellenbosch University
- United States Naval Research Laboratory
- University of Cambridge
- University of Colorado
- University of Colorado Boulder
- University of Melbourne
- University of Miami
- University of Newcastle
- University of Otago
- University of Texas at San Antonio
- University of Victoria
- University of Washington
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution