Variability and Climatic Significance of Snow in the Artic Basin

北极浮冰上的积雪是一个重要的 北方高纬度地区的夏季气候因素， 对长期的质量平衡和稳定性的影响 冰和对世界其他地区的潜在影响。 其 国家也可以作为气候变化引起指标 通过增加大气中二氧化碳的浓度。 这 工作重点将是制作一个网格化的十年数据集， 根据DMSP在北极盆地的雪融化和地面蒸发 卫星图像 该项目很重要，因为这样的数据 基地将是入侵的科学研究的复杂 冰敷会产生反馈效应，最终可能会导致更好的 在气候数值模式中表述这种过程 系统

The snow on top of the Arctic pack ice is an important factor of the summer climates in the northern high latitudes, with implications for the long-term mass balance and stability of the ice and potential impact on other parts of the world. Its state may also serve as an indicator of climatic change induced by increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide. This effort will focus on production of a gridded ten-year data set of snow melt and surface albedo in the Arctic Basin from DMSP satellite imagery. The project is important because such a data base would be invaulable in scientific studies of the complex ice-albedo feedback effects and may eventually lead to better formulation of such processes in numerical models of the climate system.