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dc.contributor.authorHorvat, C.
dc.contributor.authorFlocco, D.
dc.contributor.authorRees Jones, D.W.
dc.contributor.authorRoach, L.
dc.contributor.authorGolden, K.M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-16T23:37:51Z
dc.date.available2020-08-16T23:37:51Z
dc.date.issued2020-02-17
dc.identifier266431715
dc.identifiered8332e1-5cb6-46c5-bf5a-4273e3990435
dc.identifier85081091735
dc.identifier000529120100048
dc.identifier.citationHorvat , C , Flocco , D , Rees Jones , D W , Roach , L & Golden , K M 2020 , ' The effect of melt pond geometry on the distribution of solar energy under first-year sea ice ' , Geophysical Research Letters , vol. 47 , no. 4 , e2019GL085956 . https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085956en
dc.identifier.issn0094-8276
dc.identifier.otherBibtex: doi:10.1029/2019GL085956
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-8698-401X/work/69463630
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/20474
dc.descriptionCH was supported by the NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, sponsored in part through cooperative agreement number NA16NWS4620043, Years 2017–2021, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. K.M.G. acknowledges support from the the Applied and Computational Analysis Program and the Arctic and Global Prediction Program at the US Office of Naval Research through grants N00014-13-10291, N00014-15-1-2455, N00014-18-1-2041, and N00014-18-1-2552, as well as support from the Division of Mathematical Sciences and the Division of Polar Programs at the U.S. National Science Foundation through Grants DMS-0940249, DMS-1413454, and DMS-1715680. LR was supported by Marsden contract VUW1408 and the Deep South National Science Challenge.en
dc.description.abstractSea ice plays a critical role in the climate system through its albedo, which constrains light transmission into the upper ocean. In spring and summer, light transmission through sea ice is influenced by its iconic blue melt ponds, which significantly reduce surface albedo. We show that the geometry of surface melt ponds plays an important role in the partitioning of instantaneous solar radiation under sea ice by modeling the three-dimensional light field under ponded sea ice. We find that aggregate properties of the instantaneous sub-ice light field, such as the enhancement of available solar energy under bare ice regions, can be described using a new parameter closely related to pond fractal geometry. We then explore the influence of pond geometry on the ecological and thermodynamic sea-ice processes that depend on solar radiation.
dc.format.extent3564084
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofGeophysical Research Lettersen
dc.subjectMelt pondsen
dc.subjectSea iceen
dc.subjectPhytoplankton bloomsen
dc.subjectFractal geometryen
dc.subjectArcticen
dc.subjectGE Environmental Sciencesen
dc.subjectQA Mathematicsen
dc.subjectDASen
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Actionen
dc.subject.lccGEen
dc.subject.lccQAen
dc.titleThe effect of melt pond geometry on the distribution of solar energy under first-year sea iceen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Applied Mathematicsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1029/2019GL085956
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2020-08-17


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