The research of Polar sea ice and its role in climate change

Shulin, Tang and Dahe, Qin and Jiawen, Ren and Jiancheng, Kang (2006) The research of Polar sea ice and its role in climate change. Advances in Polar Science, 17 (2). pp. 142-153.

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Abstract

As an important part of global climate system, the Polar sea ice is effecting on global climate changes through ocean surface radiation balance, mass balance, energy balance as well as the circulating of sea water temperature and salinity. Sea ice research has a centuries-old history. The many correlative sea ice projects were established through the extensive international cooperation during the period from the primary research of intensity and the bearing capacity of sea ice to the development of sea/ice/air coupled model. Based on these researches, the sea ice variety was combined with the global climate change. All research about sea ice includes the physical properties and processes of sea ice and its snow cover, the ecosystem of sea ice regions, sea ice and upper snow albedo, mass balance of sea ice regions, sea ice and climate coupled model. The simulation suggests that the both of the area and volume of polar sea ice would be reduced in next century. With the developing of the sea ice research, more scientific issues are mentioned. Such as the interaction between sea ice and the other factors of global climate system, the seasonal and regional distribution of polar sea ice thickness, polar sea ice boundary and area variety trends, the growth and melt as well as their influencing factors, the role of the polynya and the sea/air interactions. We should give the best solutions to all of the issues in future sea ice studying.

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Keywords:	Polar Regions, sea ice, history, actuality, Climate change
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Date Deposited:	13 Jun 2023 14:41
URI:	http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/2317

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