On the seasonal evolution of melt ponds and effects on physical and biological properties of the upper Arctic Ocean

Jaclyn L Clement Kinney1, Wieslaw Maslowski1, Younjoo J Lee2, Robert Osinski3, Anthony Craig2, Georgina Anne Gibson4, Mathew E Maltrud5 and Wilbert Weijer6, (1)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, United States, (2)Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, United States, (3)Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland, (4)International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (5)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (6)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States