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Can I read Complex Yet Translucent: the Optical Properties of Sea Ice on EtoBox?
Complex Yet Translucent: the Optical Properties of Sea Ice by Donald K. Perovich is a Physics and Astronomy article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Complex Yet Translucent: the Optical Properties of Sea Ice about?
Sea ice is a naturally occurring material with an intricate and highly variable structure consisting of ice platelets, brine pockets, air bubbles, and precipitated salt crystals. The optical properties of sea ice are directly dependent on this ice structure. Because sea ice is a material that exists at its salinity determined freezing point, its structure and optical properties are significantly affected by small changes in temperature. Understanding the interaction of sunlight with sea ice is important to a diverse array of scientific problems, including those in polar climatology. A key optical parameter for climatological studies is the albedo, the fraction of the incident sunlight that is reflected. The albedo of sea ice is quite sensitive to surface conditions. The presence of a snow cover enhances the albedo, while surface meltwater reduces the albedo. Radiative transfer in sea ice is a combination of absorption and scattering. Differences in the magnitude of sea ice optical properties are ascribable primarily to differences in scattering, while spectral variations are mainly a result of absorption. Physical changes that enhance scattering, such as the formation of air bubble
Who reads Complex Yet Translucent: the Optical Properties of Sea Ice?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Physics and Astronomy.
- Author
- Donald K. Perovich
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0921-4526)
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Physics and Astronomy (Physical Sciences)