Online Publications

Special section of Applied Physics Laboratory's Biennial Report, (html) featuring Space-based Views of the World's Great Ice Sheets , research by Dale P. Winebrenner

Babko, O., D.A. Rothrock, and G.A. Maykut, Role of rafting in the mechanical redistributioin of sea ice thickness, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 107, No. C8, August 15, 2002.

Bitz, C.,The Relation Among Sea Ice, Surface Temperature, and Atmosopheric Circulation in Simulations of Future Climate, 4 pp. Extended abstract from meeting on "Arctic Feedbacks to Gloal Chane" in Rovaniemi, Finland., 2001.

Bitz, C.M., J. Fyfe, and G. Flato,Sea ice response to wind forcing from AMIP models, J. Climate, 15, 522-536, 2002.

Bitz, C.M., and G.H. Roe, A Physical Explanation for the High Rate of Sea-ice Thinning in the Arctic Ocean, submitted to J. Climate, July, 2003.

Björk, G., S. Söderkvist, P. Winsor, A. Nikolopoulos, and M. Steele, Partial return of the cold halocline layer to the Amundsen Basin of the Arctic Ocean: Implications for the sea ice mass balance, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2001GL014157, 2002.

Boyd, T. J., M. Steele, R. D. Muench, and J. T. Gunn, Partial recovery of the Arctic Ocean halocline, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2001GL014047, 2002.

Falkner, K., M. Steele, R. Woodgate, J. Swift, K. Aagaard, and J. Morison, Dissolved oxygen extrema in the Arctic Ocean halocline from the North Pole to the Lincoln Sea, Deep-Sea Res., Volume 52, Issue 7, Pages 1138-1154 , July 2005.

Gent, Peter R., Anthony Craig, Cecilia Bitz, and John Weatherly, Parameterization Improvements in an Eddy-Permitting Ocean Model for Climate. Journal of Climate, 15, 1447-1459, 2002.

Holland, Marika M., and Cecilia M. Bitz, Polar Amplification of climate change in coupled models, Climate Dynamics, in press, published online : DOI: 10.1007/S00382-0332-6.

Key, Jeffrey R., A. J. Schweiger, R. S. Stone,Expected uncertainty in satellite-derived estimates of the surface radiation budget at high latitudes, (pdf) J. Geophys. Res., 102 (C7), 15,837-15,847, 1997.

Kwok, R., A. Schweiger, D. A. Rothrock, S. Pang, and C. Kottmeier, Sea ice motion form satellite passive microwave imagery assessed with ERS SAR and buoy motions,(pdf) J. Geophys. Res., 103 (C4), 8191-8214, 1998.

Lindsay, R.W., and D.A. Rothrock, Arctic sea ice albedo from AVHRR, (pdf) J. Climate, 7, 1737-1749, 1994.

Lindsay, R.W., and D.A. Rothrock, Arctic sea ice surface temperature from AVHRR, (pdf) J. Climate, 7, 174-183, 1994.

Lindsay, R. W., Temporal variability of the energy balance of thick Arctic pack ice. (pdf) J. Climate, 11, 313-331, 1998.

Martinson, D. G., and M. Steele, Future of the arctic sea ice cover: Implications of an antarctic analog, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 307-310, 2001.

Percival, D. B. and D. A. Rothrock, "Eyeballing" Trends in Climate Time Series: A Cautionary Note, J. Clim., 18(6), 886-891, 2005.

Rigor, I., R. Colony, and S. Martin, Variations in Surface Air Temperature Observations in the Arctic, 1979 - 1997, (pdf) J. Climate, Vol. 13, No. 5, 896-914, 1999.

Rothrock, D.A., and J. Zhang, Arctic Ocean sea ice volume: What explainsits recent depletion?, J. Geophys. Res., 110, C01002, doi:10.1029/2004JC002282, 2005.

Rothrock, D.A., J. Zhang, and Y. Yu, The arctic ice thickness anomaly of the 1990s: A consistent view from observations and models, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (C3), 3038 (28-37), 2003.

Rothrock, D.A., Y. Yu, G.A. Maykut, Thinning of the arctic sea-ice cover, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26(23), 3469-72, 1999.

Schidmt, G.A., C.M. Bitz, U. Mikolajewicz and L.B. Tremblay, Ice-ocean boundary conditions for coupled models. Ocean Modeling, in press, Published online: at DOI:10.1016/S1463-5003(03)00030-1.

Schweiger, Axel J., Changes in seasonal cloud cover over the Arctic seas from satellite and surface observations (PDF), Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 31, L12207, doi:10.1029/2004GL020067, 2004.

Schweiger, Axel J., R.W. Lindsay, J.R. Key, J.A. Francis, Arctic Clouds in Multiyear Satellite Data Sets, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vo.l 26, No. 13, 1845-1848, 1999.

Schweiger, Axel J., R.W. Lindsay, J.A. Francis, J. Key, J. Intrieri, and M.D. Shupe, Validation of TOVS Path-P Data During SHEBA, vol 107, No. C10, 8041 (17-1), 2002.

Steele, M., J. Morison, W. Ermold, I. Rigor, M. Ortmeyer, and K. Shimada, Circulation of summer Pacific halocline water in the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 109(C2), C02027, 10.1029/2003JC002009, 2004.

Steele, M. and W. Ermold, Salinity trends on the Siberian shelves, Geophys. Res. Lett.,31, L24308, 10.1029/2004GL021302, 2004.

Steele, M., W. Ermold, S. Häkkinen, D. Holland, G. Holloway, M. Karcher, F. Kauker, W. Maslowski, N. Steiner, and J. Zhang, Adrift in the Beaufort Gyre: A model intercomparison, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2935-2938, 2001.

Steele, M., R. Morley, and W. Ermold, PHC: A global ocean hydrography with a high quality Arctic Ocean, J. Climate, 14, 2079-2087, 2001.

Steele, M. and G. Flato, Sea ice growth, melt, and modeling: A survey, in: The Freshwater Budget of the Arctic Ocean, pp 549-587, Kluwer, The Netherlands, 2000.

Steele, M. and T. Boyd, Retreat of the cold halocline layer in the Arctic Ocean, (pdf) J. Geophys. Res., 103 (C5), 10,419-10,435, 1998.

Steele, M., J. Zhang, D. Rothrock and H. Stern, The force balance of sea ice in a numerical model of the Arctic Ocean, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 21,061-21,079, 1997.

Steele, M., D. Thomas, D. Rothrock, and S. Martin, A simple model study of the Arctic Ocean freshwater balance, 1979-1985, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 20,833-20,848, 1996.

Steele, M., J.H. Morison, and T. Curtin, Halocline water formation in the Barents Sea, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 881-894, 1995.

Woodgate, R.A, K. Aagaard and T. Weingartner, A year in the Physical Oceanography of the Chukchi Sea. Moored measurements from Autumn 1990-1991, accepted DSR Nov 2004.

Woodgate, R.A., Cruise report for Alpha Helix Cruise HX290 to the Bering Strait, Aug/Sept, 2004.

Woodgate, R.A., and the cruise participants, 2004, Cruise report for the USCGC Healy HLY-03-03 SBI Mooring Cruise, September-October 2003.

Woodgate, R.A., and K. Aagaard, Revising the Bering Strait Freshwater flux into the Arctic Ocean, submitted to GRL, Oct 04.

Woodgate, R.A., K. Aagaard, T. Weingartner, Monthly temperature, salinity and transport variability for the Bering Strait throughflow, submitted to GRL, Oct 04.

Yu Y., G.A. Maykut, and D.A. Rothrock, Changes in the Thickness Distribution of Arctic Sea Ice Between 1958-70 and 1993-79, J. Geophys. Res., 2004.

Zhang, J., M. Steele, D.A. Rothrock, R.W. Lindsay, Increasing exchanges at Greenland Scotland Ridge and their links with the North Altantic Oscillation and Arctic Sea Ice , Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 31, No.9, L09307, 2004.

Zhang, J., D.R. Thomas, D.A. Rothrock, R.W. Lindsay, and Y. Yu, Assimilation of ice motion observations and comparisons with submarine ice thickness data, J. of Physical Research, Vol. 108, No. C6, 3170, DOI:10.1029/2001JC001041, 2003.

Zhang, J. and D.A. Rothrock, Modeling Global Sea Ice with a Thickness and Enthalpy Distribution Model in Generalized Curvilinear Coordinates, Mon. Wea. Rev. 131(5), 681-697, 2003.

Zhang, J. and D.A. Rothrock, A thickness and enthalpy distribution sea-ice model, J. of Physical Oceanography, Volume 31, 2986-3001, 2001.

Zhang, J., D.A. Rothrock, and M. Steele, Recent changes in arctic sea ice: The interplay between ice dynamics and thermodynamics, J. Climate, 13(9), 3099-3114, 2000.

Zhang, J., W. D. Hibler III, M. Steele, D.A. Rothrock, 1998: Arctic Ice-Ocean Modeling with and without Climate Restoring, (pdf) J. of Physical Oceanography, 28,191-217.

Zhang, J., D.A. Rothrock, M. Steele, Warming of the Arctic Ocean by a strengthened Atlantic inflow: Model results, (pdf) Geophys. Res. Letters, 25 (10) 1,745-1,748, 1998.

Zhang, J., D.A. Rothrock, M. Steele, Correction to "Warming of the Arctic Ocean by a strengthened Atlantic inflow: Model results", Geophys. Res. Letters, 25 (18), 3541, 1998.

Zhang, J. and W. D. Hibler III, On an efficient numerical method for modeling sea ice dynamics, J. of Geophysical Research, Volume 102, 8691-8702, 1997.