Oct 11, 2007
Increasing solar heating of the Arctic Ocean and adjacent seas, 1979–2005: Attribution and role in the ice‐albedo feedback
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Geophysical Research Letters
- Addresses how the amount of solar energy absorbed in areas of open water in the Arctic Basin has varied spatially and temporally over the past few decades
- Combines satellite‐derived ice concentrations, incident irradiances determined from reanalysis products, and field observations of ocean albedo over the Arctic Ocean and the adjacent seas
- Results indicate an increase in the solar energy deposited in the upper ocean over the past few decades in 89% of the region studied
- Finds that the largest increases in total yearly solar heat input, as much as 4% per year, occurred in the Chukchi Sea and adjacent areas