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Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-273-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-273-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
Research article
 | 
12 Jan 2024
Research article |  | 12 Jan 2024

Modeled variations in the inherent optical properties of summer Arctic ice and their effects on the radiation budget: a case based on ice cores from 2008 to 2016

Miao Yu, Peng Lu, Matti Leppäranta, Bin Cheng, Ruibo Lei, Bingrui Li, Qingkai Wang, and Zhijun Li

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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-273-2024-supplement

Data sets

updated yearly, Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I-SSMIS Passive Microwave 40 Data N. E. DiGirolamo, C. Parkinson, D. J. Cavalieri, P. Gloersen, and H. J. Zwally https://doi.org/10.5067/MPYG15WAA4WX

ERA5 monthly averaged data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7

Physical Properties of Summer Sea Ice in the Pacific Sector of the Arctic During 2008--2018 Q. Wang, P. Lu, M. Lepp\"{a}ranta et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016371

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Short summary
Variations in Arctic sea ice are related not only to its macroscale properties but also to its microstructure. Arctic ice cores in the summers of 2008 to 2016 were used to analyze variations in the ice inherent optical properties related to changes in the ice microstructure. The results reveal changing ice microstructure greatly increased the amount of solar radiation transmitted to the upper ocean even when a constant ice thickness was assumed, especially in marginal ice zones.
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