Advances in understanding the sea ice floe size distribution

Advances in understanding the sea ice floe size distribution

Date: 8 March 2019 Time: 4.00 pm

Speaker: Lettie Roach

SGEES PhD Candidate

Victoria University of Wellington

Sea ice is a critical component of the polar climate system that is tightly coupled to the ocean and atmosphere. It is highly heterogeneous, composed of discrete floes which range in size across space and time. In my thesis, I used a combination of modelling and observational approaches to investigate how different physical processes determine the distribution of sea ice floe sizes and to improve understanding of feedbacks between sea ice floe size and the polar climate system.

In this talk, I will discuss my motivations for studying sea ice, what I see as the key achievements of my thesis work, and directions for future research.