Using nine ice-tethered buoys deployed across the marginal ice zone(MIZ)and pack ice zone(PIZ)north of the Laptev Sea during the expedition of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate...Using nine ice-tethered buoys deployed across the marginal ice zone(MIZ)and pack ice zone(PIZ)north of the Laptev Sea during the expedition of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate(MOSAiC)in 2019-2020,we characterized the spatiotemporal variations in sea ice kinematics and deformation between October 2019 and July 2020 in the Transpolar Drift(TPD).From October to November,the buoys were in the upstream area of the TPD;spatial variations of deformation rates were significantly correlated with initial ice thickness(R=−0.84,P<0.05).From December 2019 to March 2020,the buoys were in the high Arctic and the ice cover was consolidated;heterogeneity in ice kinematics as measured across the buoys reduced by 65%.From April to May 2020,the buoys were in the downstream TPD;amplified spatial variations in ice kinematics were observed.This is because two buoys had drifted over the shallow waters north of Svalbard earlier;trajectory-stretching exponents derived from the data from these two buoys indicate deformation rates(10.6 d^(−1))that were about twice those in the deep basin(4.2 d^(−1)).By June 2020,a less consolidated ice pack and enhanced tidal forcing in the Fram Strait MIZ resulted in ice deformation with a semi-diurnal power spectral density of>0.25 d^(−1),which is about 1.5 times that in PIZ.Therefore,in both the upstream and downstream regions of the TPD,the transition between the MIZ and the PIZ contributes to the spatial and seasonal variations of sea ice motion and deformation.The results from this study can be used to support the characterization of the momentum balance and influencing factors during the ice advection along the TPD,which is a crucial corridor for Arctic sea ice outflow to the north Atlantic Ocean.展开更多
The results on the uniaxial compressive strength of Arctic summer sea ice are presented based on the sam- ples collected during the fifth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in 2012 （CHINARE-2012）. Exper- im...The results on the uniaxial compressive strength of Arctic summer sea ice are presented based on the sam- ples collected during the fifth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in 2012 （CHINARE-2012）. Exper- imental studies were carried out at different testing temperatures （-3, -6 and -9℃）, and vertical samples were loaded at stress rates ranging from 0.001 to 1 MPa/s. The temperature, density, and salinity of the ice were measured to calculate the total porosity of the ice. In order to study the effects of the total porosity and the density on the uniaxial compressive strength, the measured strengths for a narrow range of stress rates from 0.01 to 0.03 MPa/s were analyzed. The results show that the uniaxial compressive strength decreases linearly with increasing total porosity, and when the density was lower than 0.86 g/cm3, the uniaxial com- pressive strength increases in a power-law manner with density. The uniaxial compressive behavior of the Arctic summer sea ice is sensitive to the loading rate, and the peak uniaxial compressive strength is reached in the brittle-ductile transition range. The dependence of the strength on the temperature shows that the calculated average strength in the brittle-ductile transition range, which was considered as the peak uniaxial compressive strength, increases steadily in the temperature range from -3 to -9℃.展开更多
The physical structures of snow and sea ice in the Arctic section of 150°-180°W were observed on the basis of snow-pit, ice-core, and drill-hole measurements from late July to late August 2010. Almost all th...The physical structures of snow and sea ice in the Arctic section of 150°-180°W were observed on the basis of snow-pit, ice-core, and drill-hole measurements from late July to late August 2010. Almost all the in- vestigated floes were first-year ice, except for one located north of Alaska, which was probably multi-year ice transported from north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago during early summer. The snow covers over all the investigated floes were in the melting phase, with temperatures approaching 0℃and densities of 295-398 kg/m3. The snow covers can be divided into two to five layers of different textures, with most cases having a top layer of fresh snow, a round-grain layer in the middle, and slush and/or thin icing layers at the bottom. The first-year sea ice contained about 7%-17% granular ice at the top. There was no granular ice in the lower layers. The interior melting and desalination of sea ice introduced strong stratifications of temper- ature, salinity, density, and gas and brine volume fractions. The sea ice temperature exhibited linear cooling with depth, while the salinity and the density increased linearly with normalized depth from 0.2 to 0.9 and from 0 to 0.65, respectively. The top layer, especially the freeboard layer, had the lowest salinity and density, and consequently the largest gas content and the smallest brine content. Both the salinity and density in the ice basal layer were highly scattered due to large differences in ice porosity among the samples. The bulk average sea ice temperature, salinity, density, and gas and brine volume fractions were -0.8℃, 1.8, 837 kg/m3, 9.3% and 10.4%, respectively. The snow cover, sea ice bottom, and sea ice interior show evidences of melting during mid-August in the investigated floe located at about 87°N, 175°W.展开更多
Sea-ice physical characteristics were investigated in the Arctic section of 143^-180~W during Au- gust and early September 2008. Ship-based observations show that both the sea-ice thickness and concentration recorded ...Sea-ice physical characteristics were investigated in the Arctic section of 143^-180~W during Au- gust and early September 2008. Ship-based observations show that both the sea-ice thickness and concentration recorded during southward navigation from 30 August to 6 September were remark- ably less than those recorded during northward navigation from 3 to 30 August, especially at low latitudes. Accordingly, the marginal ice zone moved from about 74.0~N to about 79.5~N from mid-August to early September. Melt-pond coverage increased with increasing latitude~ peaking at 84.4~N, where about 27% of ice was covered by melt ponds. Above this latitude, melt-pond coverage decreased evidently as the ice at high latitudes experienced a relatively short melt season and commenced its growth stage by the end of August. Regional mean ice thickness increased from 0.8 （~=0.5） m at 75.0~N to 1.5 （＋0.4） m at 85.0~N along the northward navigation while it decreased rapidly to 0.6 （-t-0.3） m at 78.0~N along the southward navigation. Because of relatively low ice concentration and thin ice in the investigated Arctic sector, both the short-term ice stations and ice camp could only be set up over multiyear sea ice. Observations of ice properties based on ice cores collected at the short-term ice stations and the ice camp show that all investigated floes were essentially isothermal with high temperature and porosity, and low density and salinity. Most ices had salinity below 2 and mean density of 800-860 kg/m3. Significant ice loss in the investigated Arctic sector during the last 15 a can be identified by comparison with the previous observations.展开更多
The 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition was carried out from 20 July to 26 September 2018. The expedition was successful in undertaking multidisciplinary comprehensive surveys in the fields of physical oce...The 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition was carried out from 20 July to 26 September 2018. The expedition was successful in undertaking multidisciplinary comprehensive surveys in the fields of physical oceanography, marine meteorology, sea ice, marine chemistry,marine biology, marine ecology, geology, and geophysics in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Chukchi Plateau, Mendeleev Ridge, and Canada Basin. This paper gives an overview of the main achievements of this expedition and highlights the scientific achievements.展开更多
China launched its Arctic research program and organized the first Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition （CHINARE-Arctic） in 1999. By 2016, six further expeditions had been conducted using the R/V Xuelong. The...China launched its Arctic research program and organized the first Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition （CHINARE-Arctic） in 1999. By 2016, six further expeditions had been conducted using the R/V Xuelong. The main region of the expeditions has focused on the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean for sea ice observations. The expeditions have used icebreaker, helicopter, boat, floe, and buoy platforms to perform these observations. Some new technologies have been developed, in particular, the underway auto-observing system for sea ice thickness using an electromagnetic instrument. The long-term measurement systems, e.g., the sea ice mass balance buoy, allow observations to extend from summer to winter. Some international cooperation projects have been involved in CHINARE-Arctic, especially the ＂Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-Term Environmental Studies＂ project funded by the European Union during the International Polar Year. Arctic sea ice observations have been used to verify remote sensing products, identify changes in Arctic sea ice, optimize the parameterizations of sea ice physical processes, and assess the accessibility of ice-covered waters, especially around the Northeast Passage. Recommendations are provided as guidance to future CHINARE-Arctic projects. For example, a standardized operation system of sea ice observations should be contracted, and the observations of sea ice dynamics should be enhanced. The upcoming launch of a new Chinese icebreaker will allow increased ship time in support of future CHINARE Arctic oceanographic investigations.展开更多
Thermodynamic processes of a system involving a floe and a small lead in the central Arctic were investigated during the ice-camp period of the third Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition from 20 to 28 August, 2...Thermodynamic processes of a system involving a floe and a small lead in the central Arctic were investigated during the ice-camp period of the third Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition from 20 to 28 August, 2008. The measurements included surface air temperatures above the floe, spectral albedo of the lead, seawater temperatures in the lead and under the ice cover, and the lateral and bottom mass balance of the floe. The surface air temperature at 1.15 m remained below 0~Cthroughout the observation period and sea ice had commenced its annual cycle of growth in response to autumn cooling during the study. The surface of the lead was frozen by 23 August, after which the spectral albedo of the thin-ice-covered lead in the band of 320-950 nm was 0.46 -0.03, the seawater temperatures both in the lead and under the ice cover, as well as the vertical seawater-temperature gradient in the lead decreased gradually, and the oceanic heat under the ice was maintained at a low level approaching 0 W/m2. By the end of the measurement, the thickness of the investigated floe had reached its annual minimum, while the lateral of the floe was still in the melting phase, with a mean melting rate of 1.0±0.3 cm/d during the measurement, responding to an equivalent latent heat flux of 21 ±6 W/m2. The lateral melting of the floe had made a more significant contribution to the sea-ice mass balance than the surface and bottom melting in the end of August.展开更多
Accelerated decline of summer and winter Arctic sea ice has been demonstrated progressively. Melt ponds play a key role in enhancing the feedback of solar radiation in the ice/ocean-atmosphere system, and have thus be...Accelerated decline of summer and winter Arctic sea ice has been demonstrated progressively. Melt ponds play a key role in enhancing the feedback of solar radiation in the ice/ocean-atmosphere system, and have thus been a focus of researchers and modelers. A new melt pond investigation system was designed to determine morphologic and hydrologic features, and their evolution. This system consists of three major parts： Temperature-salinity measuring, surface morphology monitoring, and water depth monitoring units. The setup was deployed during the ice camp period of the fourth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in summer 2010. The evolution of a typical Arctic melt pond was documented in terms of pond depth, shape and surface condition. These datasets are presented to scientifically reveal how involved parameters change, contributing to better understanding of the evolution mechanism of the melt pond. The main advantage of this system is its suitability for autonomous and long-term observation, over and within a melt pond. Further, the setup is portable and robust. It can be easily and quickly installed, which is most valuable for deployment under harsh conditions.展开更多
北极气候研究多学科漂流观测计划(Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate, MOSAiC)于2019年10月至2020年9月开展,期间获得了变量完整的大气、海洋、海冰厚度及积雪厚度观测,为海冰模式的发展提供了...北极气候研究多学科漂流观测计划(Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate, MOSAiC)于2019年10月至2020年9月开展,期间获得了变量完整的大气、海洋、海冰厚度及积雪厚度观测,为海冰模式的发展提供了新的契机。本研究利用两个完整观测时段(2019年11月1日至2020年5月7日、2020年6月26日至7月27日)的大气和海洋强迫场,驱动一维海冰柱模式ICEPACK,模拟了MOSAiC期间海冰厚度的季节演变,同海冰厚度观测进行了对比,并诊断分析了海冰厚度模拟误差的原因。结果表明,在冬春季节,模式可以再现海冰厚度增长过程,但由于模式在春季高估了积雪向海冰的转化及对海冰物质平衡的贡献,模拟的春季海冰厚度偏厚。在夏季期间,2种热力学方案及3种融池方案的组合都表明模式高估了海冰表层的消融过程,导致模拟结束阶段的海冰厚度偏薄。我们的研究表明,使用变量完整的MOSAiC大气和海洋强迫场可以诊断目前海冰模式中的问题,为海冰模式的改进奠定基础。展开更多
An aerial photography has been used to provide validation data on sea ice near the North Pole where most polar orbiting satellites cannot cover. This kind of data can also be used as a supplement for missing data and ...An aerial photography has been used to provide validation data on sea ice near the North Pole where most polar orbiting satellites cannot cover. This kind of data can also be used as a supplement for missing data and for reducing the uncertainty of data interpolation. The aerial photos are analyzed near the North Pole collected during the Chinese national arctic research expedition in the summer of 2010（CHINARE2010）. The result shows that the average fraction of open water increases from the ice camp at approximately 87°N to the North Pole, resulting in the decrease in the sea ice. The average sea ice concentration is only 62.0% for the two flights（16 and 19 August 2010）. The average albedo（0.42） estimated from the area ratios among snow-covered ice,melt pond and water is slightly lower than the 0.49 of HOTRAX 2005. The data on 19 August 2010 shows that the albedo decreases from the ice camp at approximately 87°N to the North Pole, primarily due to the decrease in the fraction of snow-covered ice and the increase in fractions of melt-pond and open-water. The ice concentration from the aerial photos and AMSR-E（The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System） images at 87.0°–87.5°N exhibits similar spatial patterns, although the AMSR-E concentration is approximately 18.0%（on average） higher than aerial photos. This can be attributed to the 6.25 km resolution of AMSR-E, which cannot separate melt ponds/submerged ice from ice and cannot detect the small leads between floes. Thus, the aerial photos would play an important role in providing high-resolution independent estimates of the ice concentration and the fraction of melt pond cover to validate and/or supplement space-borne remote sensing products near the North Pole.展开更多
Using six ice-tethered buoys deployed in 2012,we analyzed sea ice motion in the central Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait.The two-hourly buoy-derived ice velocities had a magnitude range of 0.010.80 m s 1,although ice velo...Using six ice-tethered buoys deployed in 2012,we analyzed sea ice motion in the central Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait.The two-hourly buoy-derived ice velocities had a magnitude range of 0.010.80 m s 1,although ice velocities within the Arctic Basin were generally less than 0.4 m s 1.Complex Fourier transformation showed that the amplitudes of the sea ice velocities had a non-symmetric inertial oscillation.These inertial oscillations were characterized by a strong peak at a frequency of approximately 2 cycle d 1 on the Fourier velocity spectrum.Wind was a main driving force for ice motion,characterized by a linear relationship between ice velocity and 10-m wind speed.Typically,the ice velocity was about 1.4%of the 10-m wind speed.Our analysis of ice velocity and skin temperature showed that ice velocity increased by nearly 2%with each 10℃increase in skin temperature.This was likely related to weakened ice strength under increasing temperature.The ice-wind turning angle was also correlated with 10-m wind speed and skin temperature.When the wind speed was less than 12 m s 1 or skin temperature was less than 30℃,the ice-wind turning angle decreased with either increasing wind speed or skin temperature.Clearly,sea ice drift in the central Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait is dependent upon seasonal changes in both temperature and wind speed.展开更多
The cryosphere is interconnected with other components of the climate system through global exchange of water,energy,and carbon.Long-term sustainable and pragmatic scientific and technological cooperation on the cryos...The cryosphere is interconnected with other components of the climate system through global exchange of water,energy,and carbon.Long-term sustainable and pragmatic scientific and technological cooperation on the cryosphere and climatology in polar and sub-polar regions between China and Finland began in the 1980s.The fields of bilateral cooperation include joint training of young scientists,joint field observations,climatological and ecological researches of polar and sub-polar sea ice,glaciers and frozen lakes,etc.The year 2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Finland.In order to celebrate the great achievements by Chinese and Finnish scientists in the fieldsof cryosphere and climate research,the Advances in Polar Science invited scientists from both sides to jointly organize a Special Issue entitled“Sino-Finnish cooperation on cryosphere and climatology in polar and sub-polar regions”.In this Special Issue,we have collected 10 papers,with most papers created jointly by scientists of both sides.The fruitful scientific achievement is strongly benefited from the sustainability of cooperation.Monitoring,research,prediction,mitigation,and adaptation to the climate change in the polar and sub-polar regions will definitively stay in the focus for many decades to come.A new era of Finnish-Chinese scientific collaboration on cryosphere has begun.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant no.2021YFC2803304)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant nos.52192691 and 52192690)the Program of Shanghai Academic/Technology Research Leader(Grant no.22XD1403600).
文摘Using nine ice-tethered buoys deployed across the marginal ice zone(MIZ)and pack ice zone(PIZ)north of the Laptev Sea during the expedition of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate(MOSAiC)in 2019-2020,we characterized the spatiotemporal variations in sea ice kinematics and deformation between October 2019 and July 2020 in the Transpolar Drift(TPD).From October to November,the buoys were in the upstream area of the TPD;spatial variations of deformation rates were significantly correlated with initial ice thickness(R=−0.84,P<0.05).From December 2019 to March 2020,the buoys were in the high Arctic and the ice cover was consolidated;heterogeneity in ice kinematics as measured across the buoys reduced by 65%.From April to May 2020,the buoys were in the downstream TPD;amplified spatial variations in ice kinematics were observed.This is because two buoys had drifted over the shallow waters north of Svalbard earlier;trajectory-stretching exponents derived from the data from these two buoys indicate deformation rates(10.6 d^(−1))that were about twice those in the deep basin(4.2 d^(−1)).By June 2020,a less consolidated ice pack and enhanced tidal forcing in the Fram Strait MIZ resulted in ice deformation with a semi-diurnal power spectral density of>0.25 d^(−1),which is about 1.5 times that in PIZ.Therefore,in both the upstream and downstream regions of the TPD,the transition between the MIZ and the PIZ contributes to the spatial and seasonal variations of sea ice motion and deformation.The results from this study can be used to support the characterization of the momentum balance and influencing factors during the ice advection along the TPD,which is a crucial corridor for Arctic sea ice outflow to the north Atlantic Ocean.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41376186the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean,State Oceanic Administration of China under contract No.201205007+2 种基金the High Technology of Ship Research Project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China under contract No.2013417-01the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China under contract No.2011DFA22260the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration,State Oceanic Administration of China under contract No.IC201209
文摘The results on the uniaxial compressive strength of Arctic summer sea ice are presented based on the sam- ples collected during the fifth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in 2012 （CHINARE-2012）. Exper- imental studies were carried out at different testing temperatures （-3, -6 and -9℃）, and vertical samples were loaded at stress rates ranging from 0.001 to 1 MPa/s. The temperature, density, and salinity of the ice were measured to calculate the total porosity of the ice. In order to study the effects of the total porosity and the density on the uniaxial compressive strength, the measured strengths for a narrow range of stress rates from 0.01 to 0.03 MPa/s were analyzed. The results show that the uniaxial compressive strength decreases linearly with increasing total porosity, and when the density was lower than 0.86 g/cm3, the uniaxial com- pressive strength increases in a power-law manner with density. The uniaxial compressive behavior of the Arctic summer sea ice is sensitive to the loading rate, and the peak uniaxial compressive strength is reached in the brittle-ductile transition range. The dependence of the strength on the temperature shows that the calculated average strength in the brittle-ductile transition range, which was considered as the peak uniaxial compressive strength, increases steadily in the temperature range from -3 to -9℃.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 40930848,41106160 and 41176080the State Oceanic Administration of China under contract No.2012240
文摘The physical structures of snow and sea ice in the Arctic section of 150°-180°W were observed on the basis of snow-pit, ice-core, and drill-hole measurements from late July to late August 2010. Almost all the in- vestigated floes were first-year ice, except for one located north of Alaska, which was probably multi-year ice transported from north of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago during early summer. The snow covers over all the investigated floes were in the melting phase, with temperatures approaching 0℃and densities of 295-398 kg/m3. The snow covers can be divided into two to five layers of different textures, with most cases having a top layer of fresh snow, a round-grain layer in the middle, and slush and/or thin icing layers at the bottom. The first-year sea ice contained about 7%-17% granular ice at the top. There was no granular ice in the lower layers. The interior melting and desalination of sea ice introduced strong stratifications of temper- ature, salinity, density, and gas and brine volume fractions. The sea ice temperature exhibited linear cooling with depth, while the salinity and the density increased linearly with normalized depth from 0.2 to 0.9 and from 0 to 0.65, respectively. The top layer, especially the freeboard layer, had the lowest salinity and density, and consequently the largest gas content and the smallest brine content. Both the salinity and density in the ice basal layer were highly scattered due to large differences in ice porosity among the samples. The bulk average sea ice temperature, salinity, density, and gas and brine volume fractions were -0.8℃, 1.8, 837 kg/m3, 9.3% and 10.4%, respectively. The snow cover, sea ice bottom, and sea ice interior show evidences of melting during mid-August in the investigated floe located at about 87°N, 175°W.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 40930848 and 41106160the State Oceanic Administration of China under contract No. 2012240+1 种基金the Norwegian Research Council under contract No. 193592/S30the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation under contract No. 20100470400
文摘Sea-ice physical characteristics were investigated in the Arctic section of 143^-180~W during Au- gust and early September 2008. Ship-based observations show that both the sea-ice thickness and concentration recorded during southward navigation from 30 August to 6 September were remark- ably less than those recorded during northward navigation from 3 to 30 August, especially at low latitudes. Accordingly, the marginal ice zone moved from about 74.0~N to about 79.5~N from mid-August to early September. Melt-pond coverage increased with increasing latitude~ peaking at 84.4~N, where about 27% of ice was covered by melt ponds. Above this latitude, melt-pond coverage decreased evidently as the ice at high latitudes experienced a relatively short melt season and commenced its growth stage by the end of August. Regional mean ice thickness increased from 0.8 （~=0.5） m at 75.0~N to 1.5 （＋0.4） m at 85.0~N along the northward navigation while it decreased rapidly to 0.6 （-t-0.3） m at 78.0~N along the southward navigation. Because of relatively low ice concentration and thin ice in the investigated Arctic sector, both the short-term ice stations and ice camp could only be set up over multiyear sea ice. Observations of ice properties based on ice cores collected at the short-term ice stations and the ice camp show that all investigated floes were essentially isothermal with high temperature and porosity, and low density and salinity. Most ices had salinity below 2 and mean density of 800-860 kg/m3. Significant ice loss in the investigated Arctic sector during the last 15 a can be identified by comparison with the previous observations.
文摘The 9th Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition was carried out from 20 July to 26 September 2018. The expedition was successful in undertaking multidisciplinary comprehensive surveys in the fields of physical oceanography, marine meteorology, sea ice, marine chemistry,marine biology, marine ecology, geology, and geophysics in the Bering Sea, Chukchi Sea, Chukchi Plateau, Mendeleev Ridge, and Canada Basin. This paper gives an overview of the main achievements of this expedition and highlights the scientific achievements.
基金supported financially by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 41476170)National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant no. 2016YFC1400300)Chinese Polar Environment Comprehensive Investigation and Assessment Program (Grant nos. CHINARE03-01/04-02/04-04)
文摘China launched its Arctic research program and organized the first Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition （CHINARE-Arctic） in 1999. By 2016, six further expeditions had been conducted using the R/V Xuelong. The main region of the expeditions has focused on the Pacific sector of the Arctic Ocean for sea ice observations. The expeditions have used icebreaker, helicopter, boat, floe, and buoy platforms to perform these observations. Some new technologies have been developed, in particular, the underway auto-observing system for sea ice thickness using an electromagnetic instrument. The long-term measurement systems, e.g., the sea ice mass balance buoy, allow observations to extend from summer to winter. Some international cooperation projects have been involved in CHINARE-Arctic, especially the ＂Developing Arctic Modeling and Observing Capabilities for Long-Term Environmental Studies＂ project funded by the European Union during the International Polar Year. Arctic sea ice observations have been used to verify remote sensing products, identify changes in Arctic sea ice, optimize the parameterizations of sea ice physical processes, and assess the accessibility of ice-covered waters, especially around the Northeast Passage. Recommendations are provided as guidance to future CHINARE-Arctic projects. For example, a standardized operation system of sea ice observations should be contracted, and the observations of sea ice dynamics should be enhanced. The upcoming launch of a new Chinese icebreaker will allow increased ship time in support of future CHINARE Arctic oceanographic investigations.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant no. 40930848)the Norwegian Research Council (AMORA, 193592/S30)+1 种基金the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant no. 20100470400)the International Cooperation Project of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, SOA (Grant no. IC2010007)
文摘Thermodynamic processes of a system involving a floe and a small lead in the central Arctic were investigated during the ice-camp period of the third Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition from 20 to 28 August, 2008. The measurements included surface air temperatures above the floe, spectral albedo of the lead, seawater temperatures in the lead and under the ice cover, and the lateral and bottom mass balance of the floe. The surface air temperature at 1.15 m remained below 0~Cthroughout the observation period and sea ice had commenced its annual cycle of growth in response to autumn cooling during the study. The surface of the lead was frozen by 23 August, after which the spectral albedo of the thin-ice-covered lead in the band of 320-950 nm was 0.46 -0.03, the seawater temperatures both in the lead and under the ice cover, as well as the vertical seawater-temperature gradient in the lead decreased gradually, and the oceanic heat under the ice was maintained at a low level approaching 0 W/m2. By the end of the measurement, the thickness of the investigated floe had reached its annual minimum, while the lateral of the floe was still in the melting phase, with a mean melting rate of 1.0±0.3 cm/d during the measurement, responding to an equivalent latent heat flux of 21 ±6 W/m2. The lateral melting of the floe had made a more significant contribution to the sea-ice mass balance than the surface and bottom melting in the end of August.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 40930848,50921001 and 51079021)Norwegian research project AMORA,supported mainly by the Research Council of Norway (Grant no.193592/S30)the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, SOA.
文摘Accelerated decline of summer and winter Arctic sea ice has been demonstrated progressively. Melt ponds play a key role in enhancing the feedback of solar radiation in the ice/ocean-atmosphere system, and have thus been a focus of researchers and modelers. A new melt pond investigation system was designed to determine morphologic and hydrologic features, and their evolution. This system consists of three major parts： Temperature-salinity measuring, surface morphology monitoring, and water depth monitoring units. The setup was deployed during the ice camp period of the fourth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in summer 2010. The evolution of a typical Arctic melt pond was documented in terms of pond depth, shape and surface condition. These datasets are presented to scientifically reveal how involved parameters change, contributing to better understanding of the evolution mechanism of the melt pond. The main advantage of this system is its suitability for autonomous and long-term observation, over and within a melt pond. Further, the setup is portable and robust. It can be easily and quickly installed, which is most valuable for deployment under harsh conditions.
文摘北极气候研究多学科漂流观测计划(Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate, MOSAiC)于2019年10月至2020年9月开展,期间获得了变量完整的大气、海洋、海冰厚度及积雪厚度观测,为海冰模式的发展提供了新的契机。本研究利用两个完整观测时段(2019年11月1日至2020年5月7日、2020年6月26日至7月27日)的大气和海洋强迫场,驱动一维海冰柱模式ICEPACK,模拟了MOSAiC期间海冰厚度的季节演变,同海冰厚度观测进行了对比,并诊断分析了海冰厚度模拟误差的原因。结果表明,在冬春季节,模式可以再现海冰厚度增长过程,但由于模式在春季高估了积雪向海冰的转化及对海冰物质平衡的贡献,模拟的春季海冰厚度偏厚。在夏季期间,2种热力学方案及3种融池方案的组合都表明模式高估了海冰表层的消融过程,导致模拟结束阶段的海冰厚度偏薄。我们的研究表明,使用变量完整的MOSAiC大气和海洋强迫场可以诊断目前海冰模式中的问题,为海冰模式的改进奠定基础。
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41371391the Program for Foreign Cooperation of Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration,State Oceanic Administration of China under contract No.IC201301the National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract No.2016YFA0600102
文摘An aerial photography has been used to provide validation data on sea ice near the North Pole where most polar orbiting satellites cannot cover. This kind of data can also be used as a supplement for missing data and for reducing the uncertainty of data interpolation. The aerial photos are analyzed near the North Pole collected during the Chinese national arctic research expedition in the summer of 2010（CHINARE2010）. The result shows that the average fraction of open water increases from the ice camp at approximately 87°N to the North Pole, resulting in the decrease in the sea ice. The average sea ice concentration is only 62.0% for the two flights（16 and 19 August 2010）. The average albedo（0.42） estimated from the area ratios among snow-covered ice,melt pond and water is slightly lower than the 0.49 of HOTRAX 2005. The data on 19 August 2010 shows that the albedo decreases from the ice camp at approximately 87°N to the North Pole, primarily due to the decrease in the fraction of snow-covered ice and the increase in fractions of melt-pond and open-water. The ice concentration from the aerial photos and AMSR-E（The Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System） images at 87.0°–87.5°N exhibits similar spatial patterns, although the AMSR-E concentration is approximately 18.0%（on average） higher than aerial photos. This can be attributed to the 6.25 km resolution of AMSR-E, which cannot separate melt ponds/submerged ice from ice and cannot detect the small leads between floes. Thus, the aerial photos would play an important role in providing high-resolution independent estimates of the ice concentration and the fraction of melt pond cover to validate and/or supplement space-borne remote sensing products near the North Pole.
基金This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant nos.41876213 and 41722605)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant nos.2017YFE0111400 and 2016YFC14003).
文摘Using six ice-tethered buoys deployed in 2012,we analyzed sea ice motion in the central Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait.The two-hourly buoy-derived ice velocities had a magnitude range of 0.010.80 m s 1,although ice velocities within the Arctic Basin were generally less than 0.4 m s 1.Complex Fourier transformation showed that the amplitudes of the sea ice velocities had a non-symmetric inertial oscillation.These inertial oscillations were characterized by a strong peak at a frequency of approximately 2 cycle d 1 on the Fourier velocity spectrum.Wind was a main driving force for ice motion,characterized by a linear relationship between ice velocity and 10-m wind speed.Typically,the ice velocity was about 1.4%of the 10-m wind speed.Our analysis of ice velocity and skin temperature showed that ice velocity increased by nearly 2%with each 10℃increase in skin temperature.This was likely related to weakened ice strength under increasing temperature.The ice-wind turning angle was also correlated with 10-m wind speed and skin temperature.When the wind speed was less than 12 m s 1 or skin temperature was less than 30℃,the ice-wind turning angle decreased with either increasing wind speed or skin temperature.Clearly,sea ice drift in the central Arctic Ocean and Fram Strait is dependent upon seasonal changes in both temperature and wind speed.
文摘The cryosphere is interconnected with other components of the climate system through global exchange of water,energy,and carbon.Long-term sustainable and pragmatic scientific and technological cooperation on the cryosphere and climatology in polar and sub-polar regions between China and Finland began in the 1980s.The fields of bilateral cooperation include joint training of young scientists,joint field observations,climatological and ecological researches of polar and sub-polar sea ice,glaciers and frozen lakes,etc.The year 2020 marked the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Finland.In order to celebrate the great achievements by Chinese and Finnish scientists in the fieldsof cryosphere and climate research,the Advances in Polar Science invited scientists from both sides to jointly organize a Special Issue entitled“Sino-Finnish cooperation on cryosphere and climatology in polar and sub-polar regions”.In this Special Issue,we have collected 10 papers,with most papers created jointly by scientists of both sides.The fruitful scientific achievement is strongly benefited from the sustainability of cooperation.Monitoring,research,prediction,mitigation,and adaptation to the climate change in the polar and sub-polar regions will definitively stay in the focus for many decades to come.A new era of Finnish-Chinese scientific collaboration on cryosphere has begun.
