I heard on the news yesterday that
sea ice mass in all the oceans is at a twenty - five year high, mainly because of the southern hemisphere.
Sea ice deformations also impact melting and freezing in leads, ridging and sea ice circulation, which are key players in determining
sea ice mass balance and age, and freshwater mass distribution in the Arctic Ocean.
Secondary objectives: Four secondary objectives have been defined: - To assess the effect of a more accurate simulation of sea ice drift and deformation on the
Arctic sea ice mass balance and distribution properties of sea ice age.
Glacials are characterized by cooler and drier climates over most of the Earth and large land and
sea ice masses extending outward from the poles.
Projected changes in
the sea ice mass budget of the Arctic.
The sea ice mass budget of the Arctic and its future change as simulated by coupled climate models.