Publications database

Snow on sea ice and how it varies through the seasons Sea Ice: Its Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology and Societal Importance, 2025 (Ref: 17366)

Authors:

Arndt S.Webster M.Sturm M.Massom R.A.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Snow on sea ice plays a critical role in the global climate system, affecting the growth and decay of the ice, polar ecosystems, human activities, and the retrieval of sea ice characteristics from remote sensing data.

Snow in the changing sea-ice systems Nature Climate Change, 2018 (Ref: 17041)

Authors:

Webster M.Gerland S.Holland M.Hunke E.Kwok R.Lecomte O.Massom R.Perovich D.Sturm M.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Snow is the most reflective, and also the most insulative, natural material on Earth. Consequently, it is an integral part of the sea-ice and climate systems. However, the spatial and temporal heterogeneities of snow pose challenges for observing…

Snow on Antarctic sea ice Reviews of Geophysics, 2001 (Ref: 17058)

Authors:

Massom R.A.Eicken H.Hass C.Jeffries M.O.Drinkwater M.R.Sturm M.Worby A.P.Wu X.Lytle V.I.Ushio S.Morris K.Reid P.A.Warren S.G.Allison I.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Snow on Antarctic sea ice plays a complex and highly variable role in air-sea-ice interaction processes and the Earth's climate system. Using data collected mostly during the past 10 years, this paper reviews the following topics:

Chapter 3 Snow in the sea ice system: friend or foe? Sea Ice, Third Edition, 2016 (Ref: 16938)

Authors:

Sturm M.Massom R.A.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

Snow is a crucial and integral component of the sea ice system. It insulates the ice to retard the rate of thermodynamic ice thickening. At the same time, it contributes directly to sea-ice thickening through snow-ice formation…

Chapter 5 Snow and Sea Ice Sea Ice. 2nd Edition, 2009 (Ref: 14064)

Authors:

Sturm M.Massom R.A.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

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Southwest Pacific Ocean response to a warmer world: Insights from Marine Isotope Stage 5e Paleoceanography, 2013 (Ref: 15099)

Authors:

Cortese G.Dunbar G.B.Carter L.Scott G.Bostock H.Bowen M.Crundwell M.Hayward B.W.Howard W.Martínez J.I.Moy A.Neil H.Sabaa A.Sturm A.

Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature

The winter snow cover of the West Antarctic pack ice: its spatial and temporal variability Antarctic Sea Ice Physical Processes, Interactions and Variability, Antarctic Research Series, 1998 (Ref: 8512)

Authors:

Sturm M.Morris K.Massom R.