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Changes in the annual sea ice freeze–thaw cycle in the Arctic Ocean from 2001 to 2018
Long Lin
Key Laboratory of Polar Science, MNR, Polar Research Institute of
China, Shanghai, China
State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Hangzhou, China
Key Laboratory of Polar Science, MNR, Polar Research Institute of
China, Shanghai, China
Mario Hoppmann
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und
Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany
Donald K. Perovich
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, NH, USA
Hailun He
State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, MNR, Hangzhou, China
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China
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Alice K. DuVivier, Patricia DeRepentigny, Marika M. Holland, Melinda Webster, Jennifer E. Kay, and Donald Perovich
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Short summary
Ice mass balance observations indicated that average basal melt onset was comparable in the central Arctic Ocean and approximately 17 d earlier than surface melt in the Beaufort Gyre. The average onset of basal growth lagged behind the surface of the pan-Arctic Ocean for almost 3 months. In the Beaufort Gyre, both drifting-buoy observations and fixed-point observations exhibit a trend towards earlier basal melt onset, which can be ascribed to the earlier warming of the surface ocean.
Ice mass balance observations indicated that average basal melt onset was comparable in the...
