Articles | Volume 10, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-1463-2016
Research article
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12 Jul 2016
Research article |  | 12 Jul 2016

Landfast ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from observations and models

Stephen E. L. Howell, Frédéric Laliberté, Ron Kwok, Chris Derksen, and Joshua King

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The Canadian Ice Service record of observed landfast ice and snow thickness represents one of the longest in the Arctic that spans over 5 decades. We analyze this record to report on long-term trends and variability of ice and snow thickness within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago (CAA). Results indicate a thinning of ice at several sites in the CAA. State-of-the-art climate models still have difficultly capturing observed ice thickness values in the CAA and should be used with caution.