New Movie Available Online
Simulated Sea Ice Thickness and Satellite Observed Ice Extent for
Summer 2007
Polar Science Center
Applied Physics Laboratory
University of Washington
The movie is available at:
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/IDAO/summer2007_arctic_seaice.gif
For further information, please contact:
Jinlun Zhang
Phone: 206-543-5569
E-mail: zhang [at] apl.washington.edu
Given the interest in the rapid retreat of arctic sea ice in summer
2007, the Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Laboratory at University
of Washington announces the online availability of a new movie that
shows both model-simulated ice thickness and satellite-observed ice
extent from June to September 2007.
The movie is available at:
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/IDAO/summer2007_arctic_seaice.gif
The movie is part of the NSF-funded project Projections of an
Ice-Diminished Arctic Ocean: Retrospection and Future Projection, which
aims to (1) examine the historical evolution of the arctic ice-ocean
system to understand the large-scale changes that have occurred in sea
ice and the upper Arctic Ocean, and (2) project a diminished arctic
sea-ice cover under multiple warming scenarios to understand key
linkages among atmospheric forcing, sea-ice processes, and oceanic
processes in an ice-diminished Arctic Ocean and the adjacent seas. The
development of the model, the Pan-Arctic ice-ocean modeling and
assimilation system, has also been supported by NASA.
For further information about Projections of an Ice-Diminished Arctic
Ocean: Retrospection and Future Projection, please go to:
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/IDAO/