Atmospheric Integrated Water Parameters in the Arctic: Seasonal Variability and Influence on the Amsr2 Measured Microwave Radiation of the Sea Ice-Atmosphere System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizaveta Zabolotskikh ◽  
Bertr Chapron
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Microwave Radiation ◽  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Atmosphere System

scholarly journals Variability and changes of Arctic sea ice thickness distribution under different AO/DA states

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-167
Author(s):  
A. Oikkonen ◽  
J. Haapala
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Beaufort Sea ◽  
Arctic Sea Ice ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Ice Thickness ◽  
Sea Ice Thickness ◽  
Ice Pack

Abstract. Changes of the mean sea ice thickness and concentration in the Arctic are well known. However, comparable little is known about the ice thickness distribution and the composition of ice pack in quantity. In this paper we determine the ice thickness distributions, mean and modal thicknesses, and their regional and seasonal variability in the Arctic under different large scale atmospheric circulation modes. We compare characteristics of the Arctic ice pack during the periods 1975–1987 and 1988–2000, which have a different distribution in the AO/DA space. The study is based on submarine measurements of sea ice draft. The prevalent feature is that the peak of sea ice thickness distributions has generally taken a narrower form and shifted toward thinner ice. Also, both mean and modal ice thickness have generally decreased. These noticeable changes result from a loss of thick, mostly deformed, ice. In the spring the loss of the volume of ice thicker than 5 m exceeds 35% in all regions except the Nansen Basin, and the reduction is as much as over 45% at the North Pole and in the Eastern Arctic. In the autumn the volume of thick, mostly deformed ice has decreased by more than 40% in the Canada Basin only, but the reduction is more than 30% also in the Beaufort Sea and in the Chukchi Sea. In the Beaufort Sea region the decrease of the modal draft has been so strong that the peak has shifted from multiyear ice to first-year type ice. Also, the regional and seasonal variability of the sea ice thickness has decreased, since the thinning has been the most pronounced in the regions with the thickest pack ice (the Western Arctic), and during the spring (0.6–0.8 m per decade).

scholarly journals Spatial and Temporal Variability of Minimum Brightness Temperature at the 6.925 GHz Band of AMSR2 for the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2122
Author(s):  
Young-Joo Kwon ◽  
Sungwook Hong ◽  
Jeong-Won Park ◽  
Seung Hee Kim ◽  
Jong-Min Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Brightness Temperature ◽  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Transfer Model ◽  
Concentration Data ◽  
Sea Ice Concentration ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Ice Concentration

The minimum brightness temperature (mBT) of seawater in the polar region is an important parameter in algorithms for determining sea ice concentration or snow depth. To estimate the mBT of seawater at 6.925 GHz for the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans and to find their physical characteristics, we collected brightness temperature and sea ice concentration data from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) for eight years from 2012 to 2020. The estimated mBT shows constant annual values, but we found a significant difference in the seasonal variability between the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans. We calculated the mBT with the radiative transfer model parameterized by sea surface temperature (SST), sea surface wind speed (SSW), and integrated water vapor (IWV) and compared them with our observations. The estimated mBT represents the modeled mBT emitted from seawater under conditions of 2–5 m/s SSW and SST below 0 °C, except in the Arctic summer. The exceptional summer mBT in the Arctic Ocean was related to unusually high SST. We found evidence of Arctic amplification in the seasonal variability of Arctic mBT.

scholarly journals Seasonality of halogen deposition in polar snow and ice

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (18) ◽  
pp. 9613-9622 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Spolaor ◽  
P. Vallelonga ◽  
J. Gabrieli ◽  
T. Martma ◽  
M. P. Björkman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Atmospheric Chemistry ◽  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
Salt Content ◽  
Open Ocean ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Polar Day ◽  
Polar Snow ◽  
Snow And Ice

Abstract. The atmospheric chemistry of iodine and bromine in Polar regions is of interest due to the key role of halogens in many atmospheric processes, particularly tropospheric ozone destruction. Bromine is emitted from the open ocean but is enriched above first-year sea ice during springtime bromine explosion events, whereas iodine emission is attributed to biological communities in the open ocean and hosted by sea ice. It has been previously demonstrated that bromine and iodine are present in Antarctic ice over glacial–interglacial cycles. Here we investigate seasonal variability of bromine and iodine in polar snow and ice, to evaluate their emission, transport and deposition in Antarctica and the Arctic and better understand potential links to sea ice. We find that bromine and iodine concentrations and Br enrichment (relative to sea salt content) in polar ice do vary seasonally in Arctic snow and Antarctic ice. Although seasonal variability in halogen emission sources is recorded by satellite-based observations of tropospheric halogen concentrations, seasonal patterns observed in snowpack are likely also influenced by photolysis-driven processes. Peaks of bromine concentration and Br enrichment in Arctic snow and Antarctic ice occur in spring and summer, when sunlight is present. A secondary bromine peak, observed at the end of summer, is attributed to bromine deposition at the end of the polar day. Iodine concentrations are largest in winter Antarctic ice strata, contrary to contemporary observations of summer maxima in iodine emissions. These findings support previous observations of iodine peaks in winter snow strata attributed to the absence of sunlight-driven photolytic re-mobilisation of iodine from surface snow. Further investigation is required to confirm these proposed mechanisms explaining observations of halogens in polar snow and ice, and to evaluate the extent to which halogens may be applied as sea ice proxies.

scholarly journals Variability and changes of Arctic sea ice draft distribution – submarine sonar measurements revisited

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 917-929 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Oikkonen ◽  
J. Haapala
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Seasonal Variability ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Arctic Sea Ice ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Ice Thickness ◽  
First Year ◽  
Pack Ice

Abstract. Changes in the mean sea ice thickness and concentration in the Arctic are well known. However, quantitative information about changes in the ice thickness distribution and the composition of the pack ice is lacking. In this paper we determine the ice draft distributions, mean and modal thicknesses, and their regional and seasonal variability in the Arctic for the time period 1975–2000. We compare characteristics of the Arctic pack ice for the years 1975–1987 and 1988–2000. These periods represent different large-scale atmospheric circulation modes and sea ice circulation patterns, most evident in clearly weaker Beaufort Gyre and stronger as well as westward shifted Transpolar Drift during the later period. The comparison of these two periods reveals that the peak of sea ice draft distributions has narrowed and shifted toward thinner ice, with reductions in both mean and modal ice draft. These noticeable changes are attributed to the loss of thick, mostly deformed ice. Springtime, loss of ice volume with draft greater than 5 m exceeds 35 % in all regions except the Nansen Basin, with as much as 45 % or more at the North Pole and in the Eastern Arctic. Autumn volume reduction, mostly of deformed ice, exceeds 40 % in the Canada Basin only, but is above 30 % also in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. During the later period, the volume of ice category consisting thin, mostly level first-year ice, is clearly larger than during the former period, especially in the spring. In the Beaufort Sea region, changes in the composition of ice cover have resulted in a shift of modal draft from level multiyear ice draft range to values of level first-year ice. The regional and seasonal variability of sea ice draft has decreased, since the thinning has been most pronounced in regions with the thickest pack ice (the Western Arctic), and during the spring (0.6–0.8 m per decade).

Extreme Sea Ice Loss over the Arctic: An Analysis Based on Anomalous Moisture Transport

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Vázquez ◽  
Raquel Nieto ◽  
Anita Drumond ◽  
Luis Gimeno
Keyword(s):  
Sea Ice ◽  
Moisture Transport ◽  
The Arctic
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