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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3575-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3575-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Research article
 | 
25 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 25 Aug 2023

Summer sea ice floe perimeter density in the Arctic: high-resolution optical satellite imagery and model evaluation

Yanan Wang, Byongjun Hwang, Adam William Bateson, Yevgeny Aksenov, and Christopher Horvat

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3575-2023-supplement

Data sets

High-resolution floe size distribution of Arctic sea ice 2000-2014 Byongjun Hwang and Yanan Wang https://doi.org/10.5285/6d65b406-237c-425d-9356-39b77ac30e85

Model output: CICE experiments with varying floe and wave physics Lettie A. Roach https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3463580

Simulations of the Arctic sea ice comparing different approaches to modelling the floe size distribution and their respective impacts on the sea ice cover Adam Bateson https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.300

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Short summary
Sea ice is composed of small, discrete pieces of ice called floes, whose size distribution plays a critical role in the interactions between the sea ice, ocean and atmosphere. This study provides an assessment of sea ice models using new high-resolution floe size distribution observations, revealing considerable differences between them. These findings point not only to the limitations in models but also to the need for more high-resolution observations to validate and calibrate models.
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