«Even though the two waters are half a world apart and differ greatly from one another,» he says, «the general patterns of
ice seasonality are similar for both systems.»
Not exact matches
Based on the
seasonality of
ice shelf break up, and the geographic distribution of
ice shelf collapse near the southerly - progressing -9 °C isotherm, it appears that surface ponding is necessary for
ice - shelf collapse [12].
That sounds very high to me, even before discounting for the
seasonality of missing
ice and heavy cloud cover.
Antarctic sea
ice has both a larger
seasonality and bigger year to year variability and so dominates the much more significant Arctic changes.
Over tens of thousands of years, Milankovich cycles have increased and decreased
seasonality, leading to periods of greater
ice cover which in turn reflect away sunlight, cooling the planet.
Incremental costs include
seasonality,
ice - strengthened vessels, insurance, pilotage and icebreaking.
Other factors for the observed 7 percent increase in runoff from 1936 to 1999 could be changes in
ice and permafrost melt or changes in the
seasonality of precipitation and runoff, he said.