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Research article
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11 Jan 2021
Research article |
| 11 Jan 2021
| 11 Jan 2021
New insights into radiative transfer within sea ice derived from autonomous optical propagation measurements
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Hemholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Sea Ice Physics, Bremerhaven, Germany
Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Université Laval and CNRS
(France), Québec, QC, Canada
Lovro Valcic
Bruncin Observation Systems, Zagreb, Croatia
Simon Lambert-Girard
Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Université Laval and CNRS
(France), Québec, QC, Canada
Mario Hoppmann
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Hemholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Sea Ice Physics, Bremerhaven, Germany
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The balance of longwave and shortwave radiation plays a central role in the summer melt of Arctic sea ice. It is governed by clouds and surface albedo. The basic question is what causes more melting, sunny skies or cloudy skies. It depends on the albedo of the ice surface. For snow-covered or bare ice, sunny skies always result in less radiative heat input. In contrast, the open ocean always has, and melt ponds usually have, more radiative input under sunny skies than cloudy skies.
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Short summary
To improve autonomous investigations of sea ice optical properties, we designed a chain of multispectral light sensors, providing autonomous in-ice light measurements. Here we describe the system and the data acquired from a first prototype deployment. We show that sideward-looking planar irradiance sensors basically measure scalar irradiance and demonstrate the use of this sensor chain to derive light transmittance and inherent optical properties of sea ice.
To improve autonomous investigations of sea ice optical properties, we designed a chain of...
