I don’t have much time for a detailed post, a number of people want to discuss sea ice, so here is your chance. We also need to update the ARCUS forecast for August, due Monday August 6th. Poll follows:
richardscourtney says:
August 13, 2012 at 12:14 pm Importantly, variations in albedo from ice cap cover are so insignificant that NSIDC does not consider they warrant mention in the primer.
No, your assumption is that the variations are insignificant because they didn’t mention it (actually they do, I assume that you missed it). In fact even the variation in ice albedo is significant and wrt water even more so: http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/seaice/processes/albedo.html http://www.meltfactor.org/blog/?p=514
richardscourtney says:
August 13, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Importantly, variations in albedo from ice cap cover are so insignificant that NSIDC does not consider they warrant mention in the primer.
No, your assumption is that the variations are insignificant because they didn’t mention it (actually they do, I assume that you missed it). In fact even the variation in ice albedo is significant and wrt water even more so:
http://nsidc.org/cryosphere/seaice/processes/albedo.html
http://www.meltfactor.org/blog/?p=514
More freezing over 6 days at the North Pole cam.
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2012/WEBCAM1/ARCHIVE/npeo_cam1_20120811021145.jpg
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/northpole/NPEO2012/WEBCAM1/ARCHIVE/npeo_cam1_20120816135819.jpg