Sea-ice-thickness variability in the Chukchi Sea, spring and summer 2002-2004

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Measurements of sea ice thickness were obtained from drill holes, an ice-based electromagnetic induction instrument (IEM) and a ship-borne electromagnetic induction instrument (SEM) during the early melt season in the southern Chukchi Sea in 2002 and 2004, and in late summer 2003 at the time of minimum ice extent in the northern Chukchi Sea. An ice roughness criterion was applied to distinguish between level and rough or ridged ice. Ice thickness modes in the probability density functions (PDFs) derived from drill-hole and IEM measurements agreed well, with modes at 1.5-1.6 m and 1.8-1.9 m for all data from level ice. The PDFs derived from SEM measurements show that the primary modes are at 0.1 and 1.1 m in 2003 and 0.7 m in 2004. In 2002 and 2004, significant fractions (between one third and one half) of level ice were found to consist of rafted ice segments. Snow depth varied significantly between years, with 2004 data showing more than half the snow cover on level ice to be at or below 0.05 m depth in late spring. Ice growth simulations and examination of ice drift and deformation history indicate that impacts of atmospheric and oceanic warming on level ice thickness in the region over the past few decades are masked to a large extent by variability in snow depth and the contribution of deformation processes. In comparison with submarine sonar ice thickness data from previous decades, a reduction in ice thickness by about 0.5 to 1 m is in part explained by the replacement of multi-year with first-year ice over the Chukchi and Beaufort shelves.

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  • CRID
    1050845763931138688
  • NII論文ID
    120001452155
  • HANDLE
    2115/38962
  • ISSN
    09670645
  • 本文言語コード
    en
  • 資料種別
    journal article
  • データソース種別
    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles

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