New Technique More Accurately Reflects Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice (IMAGE)

University of Chicago

New Technique More Accurately Reflects Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice

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(Left): This is an aerial photos of actual melt ponds atop Arctic sea ice. (Right): A mathematical trick to model these ponds easily and accurately in large climate models.

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Images courtesy of Healy-Oden Trans-Arctic Expedition (2005) and Popovi? et al.

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