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Sea ice freshwater budget published in The Cryosphere

Published February 2025, this manuscript uses observations from the 2020 MOSAiC Expedition to compile the first full budget of sea ice freshwater sources and sinks over the summer season in the Arctic. Key findings include: A relatively high fraction (58 %) is derived from surface melt The magnitude and rate of local meltwater production are remarkably…

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New manuscript on the sea ice thickness distribution in climate models and from satellite published

Our new manuscript recently published in JGR-Oceans suggests the following key findings: Higher resolution of the sea ice thickness distribution increases simulated Arctic sea ice thickness, with little change in Antarctic sea ice. The impact has a larger effect on dynamic processes than thermodynamic processes. Comparison with subgrid-scale thickness observations from ICESat-2 suggests targeting ridging…

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