Changing ice and changing light: trends in solar heat input to the upper Arctic ocean from 1988 to 2014

The Arctic sea-ice cover has undergone a significant decline in recent decades. The melt season is starting earlier, ice is thinner and seasonal ice dominates. Here we examine the effects of these changes on the solar heat input to the upper ocean in ice-covered Arctic waters from 1985 to 2014. Sate...

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Main Authors: Donald Perovich, Bonnie Light, Suzanne Dickinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Annals of Glaciology
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305520000622/type/journal_article