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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1921-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1921-2018
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Research article
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06 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 06 Jun 2018
| 06 Jun 2018
Reflective properties of melt ponds on sea ice
Aleksey Malinka
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220072,
pr. Nezavisimosti 68-2, Minsk, Belarus
Eleonora Zege
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 220072,
pr. Nezavisimosti 68-2, Minsk, Belarus
Larysa Istomina
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen,
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Georg Heygster
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen,
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Gunnar Spreen
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen,
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Donald Perovich
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New
Hampshire, USA
Chris Polashenski
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Engineer Research
and Development Center, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Short summary
Melt ponds occupy a large part of the Arctic sea ice in summer and strongly affect the radiative budget of the atmosphere–ice–ocean system. The melt pond reflectance is modeled in the framework of the radiative transfer theory and validated with field observations. It improves understanding of melting sea ice and enables better parameterization of the surface in Arctic atmospheric remote sensing (clouds, aerosols, trace gases) and re-evaluating Arctic climatic feedbacks at a new accuracy level.
Melt ponds occupy a large part of the Arctic sea ice in summer and strongly affect the radiative...
