C21E:
Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice Properties and Processes II

Session ID#: 4790

Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
3005 (Moscone West)
Chairs:  Andrew R Mahoney, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Donald K Perovich, Thayer School of Engineering,Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
Primary Convener:  Chris Polashenski, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, United States; USACE-CRREL, Alaska Projects Office, Ft. Wainwright, United States
Co-conveners:  Andrew R Mahoney, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Donald K Perovich, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Chris Polashenski, Organization Not Listed, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Index Terms:

0736 Snow [CRYOSPHERE]
0750 Sea ice [CRYOSPHERE]
0754 Leads [CRYOSPHERE]
0770 Properties [CRYOSPHERE]
Virtual Option?: No
Swirl Theme: Enhanced Climate Changes at High Latitude

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

From Ponds to Predictions: What Do We Need to Know About Small-Scale Sea Ice Processes in a Rapidly Changing Arctic? (Invited) (5294)
Hajo Eicken, University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Christian Petrich, NORUT Northern Research Institute, Narvik, Norway
Physical Mechanisms Controlling Interannual and Seasonal Variations in Melt Pond Evolution on First-Year Sea Ice in the Canadian Arctic (9631)
Jack Landy1, Jens K Ehn2, Megan Shields3 and David G Barber3, (1)University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, (2)University of Manitoba, Centre for Earth Observation Science, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, (3)University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Freshwater - the key to melt pond formation atop first year sea ice (18610)
Chris Polashenski, USACE-CRREL, Alaska Projects Office, Ft. Wainwright, United States; Thayer School of Engineering,Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States, Kenneth M Golden, Univ Utah, Salt Lake City, United States, Eric D Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States and Donald K Perovich, Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, United States
A High Resolution Sea-Ice Model with Variable Snow Cover and Resolved Melt Ponds (13871)
Eric D Skyllingstad, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Karen M Shell, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States and Chris Polashenski, Organization Not Listed, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States
Arctic sea ice extent and Greenland ice sheet surface climate co-variability investigated with self-organizing maps and singular value decomposition (22814)
John Mioduszewski, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Asa K Rennermalm, Rutgers University, Geography, New Brunswick, United States, Julienne Christine Stroeve, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States; University College London, Centre for Polar Observations and Modelling, London, United Kingdom, Marco Tedesco, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and David A Robinson, Rutgers University, Department of Geography, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Brine Channels As Conduits for Convection in Sea Ice (8801)
Stephen F. Ackley, University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, San Antonio, United States and Kiran Bhaganagar, University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Mechanical Engineering, San Antonio, United States
Changes in Arctic sea ice deformation from 2000-2010 (20634)
Kim I Martini, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, Jennifer K Hutchings, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States and Ignatius G Rigor, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Kenmore, WA, United States
Rate and state dependent processes in sea ice deformation (21048)
Peter R Sammonds, University College London, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, London, United Kingdom, Sally Scourfield, University College London, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. University College London, London, United Kingdom and Ben Lishman, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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