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    Melt pond conditions on declining arctic sea ice over 1979-2016: Model development, validation, and results

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    2018-10-18
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    Zhang, Jinlun  Concept link
    Schweiger, Axel  Concept link
    Webster, Melinda  Concept link
    Light, Bonnie  Concept link
    Steele, Michael  Concept link
    Ashjian, Carin J.  Concept link
    Campbell, Robert  Concept link
    Spitz, Yvette H.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/23613
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    https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014298
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    10.1029/2018JC014298
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     Arctic Ocean; sea ice; melt ponds; numerical modeling; climate variability 
    Abstract
    A melt pond (MP) distribution equation has been developed and incorporated into the Marginal Ice‐Zone Modeling and Assimilation System to simulate Arctic MPs and sea ice over 1979–2016. The equation differs from previous MP models and yet benefits from previous studies for MP parameterizations as well as a range of observations for model calibration. Model results show higher magnitude of MP volume per unit ice area and area fraction in most of the Canada Basin and the East Siberian Sea and lower magnitude in the central Arctic. This is consistent with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer observations, evaluated with Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis (MEDEA) data, and closely related to top ice melt per unit ice area. The model simulates a decrease in the total Arctic sea ice volume and area, owing to a strong increase in bottom and lateral ice melt. The sea ice decline leads to a strong decrease in the total MP volume and area. However, the Arctic‐averaged MP volume per unit ice area and area fraction show weak, statistically insignificant downward trends, which is linked to the fact that MP water drainage per unit ice area is increasing. It is also linked to the fact that MP volume and area decrease relatively faster than ice area. This suggests that overall the actual MP conditions on ice have changed little in the past decades as the ice cover is retreating in response to Arctic warming, thus consistent with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer observations that show no clear trend in MP area fraction over 2000–2011.
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    Author Posting. © American Geophysical Union, 2018. This article is posted here by permission of American Geophysical Union for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 123(11), (2018): 7983-8003. doi:10.1029/2018JC014298.
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    Zhang, J., Schweiger, A., Webster, M., Light, B., Steele, M., Ashjian, C., Campbell, R., & Spitz, Y. (2018). Melt pond conditions on declining Arctic sea ice over 1979–2016: Model development, validation, and results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 123, 7983–8003
     

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