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Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6807-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6807-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 12
Research article
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17 Dec 2025
Research article |  | 17 Dec 2025

Quantifying the interplay of sea ice meltwater and ice–albedo feedbacks in the Arctic ice-ocean system

Haohao Zhang, Andrea Storto, Xuezhi Bai, and Chunxue Yang

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Using a 1D coupled ice-ocean model, we quantified the effects of meltwater and ice-albedo feedback independently. The meltwater reduces melting by 19 % through thermal isolation, while ice-albedo feedback increases melting by 41 %, with nonlinear coupling between them. In winter, meltwater protects ice in weakly stratified areas by blocking Atlantic heat. Our study provides new insights into the relative importance of different components in the Arctic ice-ocean system.
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