Sunlight, Sea Ice, and the Ice Albedo Feedback in a Changing Arctic Sea Ice Cover

Abstract

The overarching goal of this work is to develop a quantitative understanding of the partitioning of solar radiation by the Arctic sea ice cover and its impact on the heat and mass balance of the ice and upper ocean. Particular emphasis is placed on the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, where there have been large changes in ice conditions in recent years.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1013715

Entities

People

  • Bonnie Light
  • Don Perovich

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arctic Ocean
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Earth Sciences
  • Environment
  • Heat Energy
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Radiation
  • Radiative Transfer
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Sea Ice
  • Solar Energy
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Properties

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Polar and Arctic Studies