Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice

Author:

Nicolaus Marcel1ORCID,Perovich Donald K.2ORCID,Spreen Gunnar3ORCID,Granskog Mats A.4ORCID,von Albedyll Luisa1ORCID,Angelopoulos Michael5,Anhaus Philipp1ORCID,Arndt Stefanie1ORCID,Belter H. Jakob1ORCID,Bessonov Vladimir6,Birnbaum Gerit1ORCID,Brauchle Jörg7ORCID,Calmer Radiance8,Cardellach Estel9ORCID,Cheng Bin10ORCID,Clemens-Sewall David2ORCID,Dadic Ruzica11ORCID,Damm Ellen1,de Boer Gijs81213ORCID,Demir Oguz14ORCID,Dethloff Klaus5,Divine Dmitry V.4ORCID,Fong Allison A.1ORCID,Fons Steven1516ORCID,Frey Markus M.17ORCID,Fuchs Niels118ORCID,Gabarró Carolina19ORCID,Gerland Sebastian4ORCID,Goessling Helge F.1ORCID,Gradinger Rolf20ORCID,Haapala Jari10ORCID,Haas Christian13ORCID,Hamilton Jonathan813ORCID,Hannula Henna-Reetta10ORCID,Hendricks Stefan1ORCID,Herber Andreas1,Heuzé Céline21ORCID,Hoppmann Mario1,Høyland Knut Vilhelm22,Huntemann Marcus3ORCID,Hutchings Jennifer K.23,Hwang Byongjun24ORCID,Itkin Polona2025ORCID,Jacobi Hans-Werner26ORCID,Jaggi Matthias27ORCID,Jutila Arttu1ORCID,Kaleschke Lars1ORCID,Katlein Christian1ORCID,Kolabutin Nikolai6ORCID,Krampe Daniela1ORCID,Kristensen Steen Savstrup28ORCID,Krumpen Thomas1ORCID,Kurtz Nathan15ORCID,Lampert Astrid29ORCID,Lange Benjamin Allen4ORCID,Lei Ruibo30ORCID,Light Bonnie31ORCID,Linhardt Felix32ORCID,Liston Glen E.25ORCID,Loose Brice33,Macfarlane Amy R.27ORCID,Mahmud Mallik34ORCID,Matero Ilkka O.1ORCID,Maus Sönke22,Morgenstern Anne1ORCID,Naderpour Reza35ORCID,Nandan Vishnu36ORCID,Niubom Alexey6,Oggier Marc437ORCID,Oppelt Natascha32ORCID,Pätzold Falk29ORCID,Perron Christophe38,Petrovsky Tomasz6,Pirazzini Roberta10ORCID,Polashenski Chris239ORCID,Rabe Benjamin1ORCID,Raphael Ian A.2ORCID,Regnery Julia1ORCID,Rex Markus5ORCID,Ricker Robert1ORCID,Riemann-Campe Kathrin1ORCID,Rinke Annette5ORCID,Rohde Jan1,Salganik Evgenii22ORCID,Scharien Randall K.40ORCID,Schiller Martin1ORCID,Schneebeli Martin27ORCID,Semmling Maximilian41,Shimanchuk Egor6,Shupe Matthew D.813ORCID,Smith Madison M.31ORCID,Smolyanitsky Vasily6,Sokolov Vladimir6ORCID,Stanton Tim42,Stroeve Julienne36ORCID,Thielke Linda3ORCID,Timofeeva Anna6ORCID,Tonboe Rasmus Tage43ORCID,Tavri Aikaterini40ORCID,Tsamados Michel44ORCID,Wagner David N.2745ORCID,Watkins Daniel23ORCID,Webster Melinda37ORCID,Wendisch Manfred46ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven, Germany

2. Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA

3. University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

4. Norwegian Polar Institute, Fram Centre, Tromsø, Norway

5. Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Potsdam, Germany

6. Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Saint Petersburg, Russia

7. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Optical Sensor Systems, Berlin, Germany

8. CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

9. Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE-CSIC/IEEC), Barcelona, Spain

10. Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland

11. Victoria University of Wellington, Antarctic Research Centre, Wellington, New Zealand

12. Integrated Remote and In Situ Sampling, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA

13. NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA

14. The Electro Science Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

15. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

16. University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

17. British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK

18. Center for Earth System Sustainability, Institute of Oceanography, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

19. Barcelona Expert Center (BEC) and Institute of Marine Science (ICM-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain

20. UiT–The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway

21. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

22. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

23. Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA

24. University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

25. Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

26. Institute for Geosciences and Environmental Research (IGE), CNRS/Univ. Grenoble Alpes/IRD/G-INP, Grenoble, France

27. WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland

28. Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

29. Technische Universität Braunschweig, Institute of Flight Guidance, Braunschweig, Germany

30. Key Laboratory for Polar Science of the MNR, Polar Research Institute of China, Shanghai, China

31. Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

32. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Geographie, Kiel, Germany

33. The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

34. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

35. Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

36. University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

37. University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA

38. Takuvik Joint International Laboratory, Laval University (Canada)-CNRS (France), Québec City, Québec, Canada

39. U.S. Army Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Wainwright, AK, USA

40. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

41. German Aerospace Center DLR, Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Neustrelitz, Germany

42. Naval Postgraduate School and Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA, USA

43. National Space Institute, Lyngby, Denmark

44. University College London, London, UK

45. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

46. Leipzig Institute for Meteorology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Abstract

Year-round observations of the physical snow and ice properties and processes that govern the ice pack evolution and its interaction with the atmosphere and the ocean were conducted during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition of the research vessel Polarstern in the Arctic Ocean from October 2019 to September 2020. This work was embedded into the interdisciplinary design of the 5 MOSAiC teams, studying the atmosphere, the sea ice, the ocean, the ecosystem, and biogeochemical processes. The overall aim of the snow and sea ice observations during MOSAiC was to characterize the physical properties of the snow and ice cover comprehensively in the central Arctic over an entire annual cycle. This objective was achieved by detailed observations of physical properties and of energy and mass balance of snow and ice. By studying snow and sea ice dynamics over nested spatial scales from centimeters to tens of kilometers, the variability across scales can be considered. On-ice observations of in situ and remote sensing properties of the different surface types over all seasons will help to improve numerical process and climate models and to establish and validate novel satellite remote sensing methods; the linkages to accompanying airborne measurements, satellite observations, and results of numerical models are discussed. We found large spatial variabilities of snow metamorphism and thermal regimes impacting sea ice growth. We conclude that the highly variable snow cover needs to be considered in more detail (in observations, remote sensing, and models) to better understand snow-related feedback processes. The ice pack revealed rapid transformations and motions along the drift in all seasons. The number of coupled ice–ocean interface processes observed in detail are expected to guide upcoming research with respect to the changing Arctic sea ice.

Publisher

University of California Press

Subject

Atmospheric Science,Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology,Ecology,Environmental Engineering,Oceanography

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