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Horvath S, Boisvert L, Parker C, Webster M, Taylor P, Boeke R, Fons S, Stewart JS. Database of daily Lagrangian Arctic sea ice parcel drift tracks with coincident ice and atmospheric conditions. Sci Data 2023; 10:73. [PMID: 36739456 PMCID: PMC9899219 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-01987-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Since the early 2000s, sea ice has experienced an increased rate of decline in thickness, extent and age. This new regime, coined the 'New Arctic', is accompanied by a reshuffling of energy flows at the surface. Understanding of the magnitude and nature of this reshuffling and the feedbacks therein remains limited. A novel database is presented that combines satellite observations, model output, and reanalysis data with sea ice parcel drift tracks in a Lagrangian framework. This dataset consists of daily time series of sea ice parcel locations, sea ice and snow conditions, and atmospheric states, including remotely sensed surface energy budget terms. Additionally, flags indicate when sea ice parcels travel within cyclones, recording cyclone intensity and distance from the cyclone center. The quality of the ice parcel database was evaluated by comparison with sea ice mass balance buoys and correlations are high, which highlights the reliability of this database in capturing the seasonal changes and evolution of sea ice. This database has multiple applications for the scientific community; it can be used to study the processes that influence individual sea ice parcel time series, or to explore generalized summary statistics and trends across the Arctic.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sean Horvath
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, 5825 University Research Court Suite 4001, College Park, MD, 20740, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA.
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, 5825 University Research Court Suite 4001, College Park, MD, 20740, USA
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- University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, 2156 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, USA
- Polar Science Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA
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- NASA Langley Research Center, Climate Science Branch, Hampton, VA, 23681, USA
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- Science Systems Applications Inc., Hampton, VA, 23666, USA
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- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA
- Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, 5825 University Research Court Suite 4001, College Park, MD, 20740, USA
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Smith GC, Allard R, Babin M, Bertino L, Chevallier M, Corlett G, Crout J, Davidson F, Delille B, Gille ST, Hebert D, Hyder P, Intrieri J, Lagunas J, Larnicol G, Kaminski T, Kater B, Kauker F, Marec C, Mazloff M, Metzger EJ, Mordy C, O’Carroll A, Olsen SM, Phelps M, Posey P, Prandi P, Rehm E, Reid P, Rigor I, Sandven S, Shupe M, Swart S, Smedstad OM, Solomon A, Storto A, Thibaut P, Toole J, Wood K, Xie J, Yang Q. Polar Ocean Observations: A Critical Gap in the Observing System and Its Effect on Environmental Predictions From Hours to a Season. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE 2019; 6:10.3389/fmars.2019.00429. [PMID: 31534948 PMCID: PMC6750219 DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
There is a growing need for operational oceanographic predictions in both the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions. In the former, this is driven by a declining ice cover accompanied by an increase in maritime traffic and exploitation of marine resources. Oceanographic predictions in the Antarctic are also important, both to support Antarctic operations and also to help elucidate processes governing sea ice and ice shelf stability. However, a significant gap exists in the ocean observing system in polar regions, compared to most areas of the global ocean, hindering the reliability of ocean and sea ice forecasts. This gap can also be seen from the spread in ocean and sea ice reanalyses for polar regions which provide an estimate of their uncertainty. The reduced reliability of polar predictions may affect the quality of various applications including search and rescue, coupling with numerical weather and seasonal predictions, historical reconstructions (reanalysis), aquaculture and environmental management including environmental emergency response. Here, we outline the status of existing near-real time ocean observational efforts in polar regions, discuss gaps, and explore perspectives for the future. Specific recommendations include a renewed call for open access to data, especially real-time data, as a critical capability for improved sea ice and weather forecasting and other environmental prediction needs. Dedicated efforts are also needed to make use of additional observations made as part of the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP; 2017-2019) to inform optimal observing system design. To provide a polar extension to the Argo network, it is recommended that a network of ice-borne sea ice and upper-ocean observing buoys be deployed and supported operationally in ice-covered areas together with autonomous profiling floats and gliders (potentially with ice detection capability) in seasonally ice covered seas. Finally, additional efforts to better measure and parameterize surface exchanges in polar regions are much needed to improve coupled environmental prediction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Gregory C. Smith
- Environmental Numerical Prediction Research Section, Meteorological Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada
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- Stennis Space Center, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States
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- Takuvik, UMI 3376, Université Laval-CNRS, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
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- Division of Marine and Oceanography, Météo France, Toulouse, France
- CNRM, Météo France, CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Perspecta, Inc., Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States
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- Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, St. John’s, NL, Canada
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- Chemical Oceanography Unit, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Stennis Space Center, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States
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- Physical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Takuvik, UMI 3376, Université Laval-CNRS, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Ocean Atmosphere Systems, Hamburg, Germany
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Takuvik, UMI 3376, Université Laval-CNRS, Quebec City, QC, Canada
- Laboratoire d’Oceanographie Physique et Spatiale, UMR 6523, CNRS – IFREMER – IRD – UBO, Plouzané, France
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
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- Stennis Space Center, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States
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- Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Perspecta, Inc., Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States
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- Perspecta, Inc., Stennis Space Center, Bay St. Louis, MS, United States
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- Takuvik, UMI 3376, Université Laval-CNRS, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Polar Science Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
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- Physical Sciences Division, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
- Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Oceanography, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation, La Spezia, Italy
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- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States
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- Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen, Norway
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- Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for Climate Change and Natural Disaster Studies, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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