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Sea Ice Floe Distribution in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Measured by ERS-1 SARThis study examines the spatial and temporal character of sea ice floe size distribution during summer melt, important variables for understanding the summer heat and mass budgets and the distribution of heat between the vertical and horizontal ice melt. Preliminary results are presented that indicate the gradual decrease in medium size floes (1-5 km diameters) and a fairly steady maintenance of floes smaller than 1 km in diameter over the primary summer months within the central pack ice region. The latter result indicates that smaller floes continue to melt or decay rather than accumulate, indicating the importance of dynamics in affecting ice melt.
Document ID
20060036846
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Holt, Benjamin
Rio, Marie-Hne
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
August 13, 1996
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
sea ice floes SAR imagery Beaufort Sea Chukchi Sea heat budget summer melt

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