Sentences with phrase «multi-year ice distribution»
In the NWP region, multi-year ice distribution patterns suggest that the coming year will only see limited openings in the northern parts of the route.
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Spatial distribution of multi-year ice concentration (in tenths) within the Western Parry Channel region of the Northwest Passage at the end of May.
Howell and Agnew make the point that the ice in the NWP and the surrounding regions is mobile during the summer, and as a result the spatial distribution of multi-year ice at the beginning of the season can be used to predict whether or not the NWP could be ice - free in September.
This is to some degree consistent with the Maslanik outlook based on the distribution of multi-year ice.
It is unfortunate that maps of multi-year sea ice distribution for 2010 derived from QuikSCAT (provided by Nghiem) are no longer available to compare with sea ice age calculations, as in previous years.
Figure 1: Spatial distribution of multi-year ice (in tenths) within the Western Parry Channel region of the Northwest Passage on May 1st for a heavy ice year (2004), a light year ice (1999) and the last three years.