Transiting consolidated ice strongly influenced polynya area during a shrink event in Terra Nova Bay in 2013

Yichen Lin; Qinghua Yang; Matthew Mazloff; Xingren Wu; Xiangshan Tian-Kunze; Lars Kaleschke; Lejiang Yu; Dake Chen

doi:10.1038/s43247-023-00712-w

Communications Earth & Environment (Feb 2023)

Transiting consolidated ice strongly influenced polynya area during a shrink event in Terra Nova Bay in 2013

Yichen Lin,
Qinghua Yang,
Matthew Mazloff,
Xingren Wu,
Xiangshan Tian-Kunze,
Lars Kaleschke,
Lejiang Yu,
Dake Chen

Affiliations

Yichen Lin: School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)
Qinghua Yang: School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)
Matthew Mazloff: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California
Xingren Wu: IMSG at EMC/NCEP/NOAA
Xiangshan Tian-Kunze: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Lars Kaleschke: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Lejiang Yu: MNR Key Laboratory for Polar Science, Polar Research Institute of China
Dake Chen: School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00712-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Thick transiting ice blocked newly formed sea ice from exiting the Terra Nova Bay polynya during a shrinking event in 2013 and had a stronger influence on polynya area than katabatic winds or air temperature changes, according to an analysis of sea ice and meteorological data.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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