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13 Apr 2018
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| 13 Apr 2018
| 13 Apr 2018
The color of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian
University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
Matti Leppäranta
Institute of Atmospheric and Earth Sciences, University of Helsinki,
Helsinki, 00014, Finland
Bin Cheng
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, 00101, Finland
Zhijun Li
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian
University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China
Larysa Istomina
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,
28359, Germany
Georg Heygster
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen,
28359, Germany
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Short summary
It is the first time that the color of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice was quantitatively and thoroughly investigated. We answer the question of why the color of melt ponds can change and what the physical and optical reasons are that lead to such changes. More importantly, melt-pond color was provided as potential data in determining ice thickness, especially under the summer conditions when other methods such as remote sensing are unavailable.
It is the first time that the color of melt ponds on Arctic sea ice was quantitatively and...
