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Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5417-2023
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5417-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 12
Research article
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19 Dec 2023
Research article |  | 19 Dec 2023

Temporospatial variability of snow's thermal conductivity on Arctic sea ice

Amy R. Macfarlane, Henning Löwe, Lucille Gimenes, David N. Wagner, Ruzica Dadic, Rafael Ottersberg, Stefan Hämmerle, and Martin Schneebeli

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Snow acts as an insulating blanket on Arctic sea ice, keeping the underlying ice "warm", relative to the atmosphere. Knowing the snow's thermal conductivity is essential for understanding winter ice growth. During the MOSAiC expedition, we measured the thermal conductivity of snow. We found spatial and vertical variability to overpower any temporal variability or dependency on underlying ice type and the thermal resistance to be directly influenced by snow height.
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