The Sea Ice Board Game.

Science Scope;  October 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sea ice is not visible from most of the United...never have a chance to view it, studying sea ice is essential. This remote phenomenon is critical to Earth's overall health. Sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic cools our...

The Atmospheric Impact of Uncertainties in Recent Arctic Sea Ice...

Journal of Climate;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......between observational datasets of Arctic sea ice concentrations covering the last three...differences of over 20% in Arctic summer sea ice extent/area and 5%-10% in winter. Previous...modeling studies have shown that idealized sea ice anomalies have the potential for making...

Current trends in Antarctic sea ice: The 1990s impact on a short...

Journal of Climate;  December 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Antarctic sea ice extent, open water area, and ice area...the circumpolar trough that impact the sea ice directly via the atmosphere and indirectly...negative regional trends in seasonal sea ice concentration are shown for the same...

Possible Feedback of Winter Sea Ice in the Greenland and Barents Seas on...

Monthly Weather Review;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Using monthly Arctic sea ice concentration data (1953-95) and the National...dataset (1958-99), possible feedbacks of sea ice variations in the Greenland and Barents...investigated. Winter (February-April) sea ice anomalies in the Greenland and Barents...

Modeling the high-frequency component of arctic sea ice drift and...

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  November 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Buoy observations of sea ice drift show that sea ice motion and deformation contain substantial high-frequency...subdaily timescales. However, numerical simulations of the sea ice dynamics normally do not include processes on such short...

New Method to Estimate Sea Ice Thickness

Sea Technology;  April 1, 2008 ;     277 words ......developed a new modeling approach to estimate sea ice thickness. This is the only model based...new technique, the thickness of Arctic sea ice was estimated from 1982 to 2003. Results...slightly increased, but the total volume of sea ice did not. Scientists propose that the volume...

Twenty-First-Century Climate Impacts from a Declining Arctic Sea Ice Cover

Journal of Climate;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT A steady decline in Arctic sea ice has been observed over recent decades...under increasing greenhouse gas scenarios. Sea ice plays an important role in the climate...climate impacts of a declining Arctic sea ice cover during the current century. The...

Collapse of Arctic sea ice 'has reached tipping-point'

Belfast Telegraph;  March 16, 2007 ;     505 words ......the loss of some 38,000 square miles of sea ice - an area the size of Alaska - to rising...since satellite measurements of the Arctic sea ice began in 1979, the surface area covered by summer sea ice has retreated from the long-term average...

A Multithickness Sea Ice Model Accounting for Sliding Friction

Journal of Physical Oceanography;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT A multithickncss sea ice model explicitly accounting for the...and sliding friction contributions to sea ice stress is developed. Both ridging and...by Hopkins. The new niultithickness sea ice model for sea ice stress has been implemented...

Relationships between Arctic Sea Ice and Clouds during Autumn

Journal of Climate;  September 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT The connection between sea ice variability and cloud cover over the Arctic seas...It is found that cloud cover variability near the sea ice margins is strongly linked to sea ice variability. Sea ice retreat is linked to a decrease...

Scientists warn Arctic sea ice is melting at its fastest rate since...

Belfast Telegraph;  August 16, 2007 ;     649 words ......yesterday that the sea ice is already approaching...rapid rates of sea ice melting, which...record loss of sea ice. We're on track...The rates of sea ice loss this year are really...covered by Arctic sea ice has been monitored...this year, more ...

Melting of Arctic sea ice 'has reached tipping point' ; NEWS

The Independent - London;  March 16, 2007 ;     537 words ...A catastrophic collapse of the Arctic sea ice could lead to radical climate changes...the loss of some 38,000 square miles of sea ice - an area the size of Alaska - to rising...since satellite measurements of the Arctic sea ice began in 1979, the surface area covered...

NEW METHOD TO ESTIMATE SEA ICE THICKNESS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 4, 2008 ;     497 words ......developed a new modeling approach to estimate sea ice thickness. This is the only model based...new technique, the thickness of Arctic sea ice was estimated from 1982 to 2003. Results...slightly increased but the total volume of sea ice did not increase. Scientists propose that...

'REMARKABLE' DROP IN ARCTIC SEA ICE RAISES QUESTIONS

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ......following press release: Melting Arctic sea ice has shrunk to a 29-year low, significantly...have been observing the declining Arctic sea ice cover since the earliest measurements...to understand this sudden speed-up of sea ice decline and what it means for the future...

Sea ice response to wind forcing from AMIP models

Journal of Climate;  March 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......circulation models is assessed in the context of driving sea ice motion. A sea ice model is forced by geostrophic winds from eight models...the results are compared to simulations with the sea ice model forced by observed winds. The mean sea level...