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Modeling the summertime evolution of sea‐ice melt ponds

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: We present a mathematical model describing the summer melting of sea ice. We simulate the evolution of melt ponds and determine area coverage and total surface ablation. The model predictions are tested for sensitivity to the melt rate of unponded ice, enhanced melt rate beneath the melt ponds, vertical seepage, and horizontal permeability. The model is initialized with surface topographies derived from laser altimetry corresponding to first‐year sea ice and multiyear sea ice. We predict that there are large differences in the depth of melt ponds and the area of coverage between the two types of ice. We also find that the vertical seepage rate and the melt rate of unponded ice are important in determining the total surface ablation and area covered by melt ponds.

Source: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

DOI: 10.1029/2004jc002818

Authors: M. Lüthje, D. L. Feltham, P. D. Taylor, M. G. Worster

Institutions: Technical University of Denmark, British Antarctic Survey, Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London, University of Cambridge

Language: English

Topic: Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2008233201

FWCI: 2.152

Cites: 36

Cited by: 109

Related to: 10