Interannual Variability of the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone Over Four Decades: A Comparison of Two Definitions
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Abstract
The Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ) is a dynamic region between open waterand consolidated ice, crucial for heat and moisture exchange and support-ing diverse marine ecosystems. With Arctic sea ice thinning and the meltseason lengthening, monitoring the MIZ has become increasingly impor-tant. This study analyzed Arctic MIZ trends over 40 years (1983–2022)using Bootstrap SIC data and two definitions: one based on the SICthreshold (MIZt) and another on the SIC anomaly (MIZσ ). MIZt was de-fined as 0.15 0.15 ≤ SIC < 0.80, while MIZσ used grid cells with a medianstandard deviation of SIC anomaly above 0.11, derived from the probabil-ity density function. This research represents a novel exploration of theArctic MIZ using a SIC anomaly-based approach. Both definitions showedsimilar seasonal trends, but MIZσ peaked during freeze-up (October) andbreak-up (July), while MIZt peaked in summer (August). MIZσ fractionswere consistently higher than those from MIZt across all seasons. Finally,October and August exhibit the most rapid increases in both MIZt andMIZσ fractions, coinciding with accelerated sea ice decline. These resultshighlight the importance of selecting an MIZ definition tailored to specificresearch or applications.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
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| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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