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Convection over the Arctic polynya

Convection over the Arctic polynya

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Mikhail Varentsov

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Aerial photo of the polynya in the White sea of the Arctic ocean, formed due tidal currents, which remains unfreezing even in the strongest frosts. In a such frosty weather the beautiful convective boundary layer is developed over the warm water.

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Atmospheric Sciences Climate: Past, Present & Future Ocean Sciences

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ice fog sea arctic winter frozen convection layer boudary white sea convective sea-air interaction floating polynya

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Credit: Mikhail Varentsov (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

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Type Image Format JPG Size 3.7 MB Width 3093 px Height 1740 px Aspect 1031:580 Brand Dji Model FC6310 Exposure 9 mm f/2.8 1/1000 s ISO 100 Software Adobe Lightroom Taken 3 February 2018 Coordinates 66.5560, 33.0771 Tint Light blue Submitted 15 February 2018

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