Christopher J Cox
Biographic Data
| ID | 6895606 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher J Cox |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher J |
| FAMILY NAME | Cox |
| SIGNATURE | COX C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9568-6994 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Resiliency of Arctic sea ice to warming from southerly advection in early spring
Summertime surface melt over sea ice was observed in situ by the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) on May 25, 2020. The melt was initiated by longwave radiative forcing from a warm, cloudy air mass advected from lower latitudes, similar to that observed in 1998 during the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean in the Beaufort Sea. In addition to triggering melt onset, research suggests that springtim…
Influence of warm and moist air intrusions on black carbon deposition and snowmelt in the central Arctic
In the central Arctic, warm and moist air intrusions (WAMIs) are increasingly prevalent during winter and spring, significantly affecting the near-surface energy budget. Here, we combine in situ observations from the 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition with model simulations to investigate the role of WAMIs in transporting pollutants and enhancing black carbon (BC) wet deposition. S…
The two radiative states of the Arctic atmosphere and their impacts on the surface energy budget of sea ice
The surface energy budget (SEB) is a central regulator of Arctic climate and sea ice evolution, yet its processes remain poorly constrained due to sparse observations and complex, coupled surface-atmosphere interactions. This study leverages year-long measurements from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) to provide the most comprehensive assessment to date of the central Arctic SEB and its modulatio…
Theoretical estimates of light transmittance at the MosaiC Central Observatory
Light transmission through a sea ice cover has strong implications for the heat content of the upper ocean, the magnitude of bottom and lateral ice melt, and primary productivity in the ocean. Light transmittance in the vicinity of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Central Observatory was estimated by driving a two-stream radiative transfer model with physical property observations. Data include p…
Reversing the Flow
There has been significant research into how migration corridors and flows have shaped football today, with specific consideration of athletes from the global south moving to domestic clubs and leagues in the global north, particularly Europe. Such processes have allowed players to overcome socioeconomic adversities and build their skills and experience, contributing greatly to building their career profiles. However, such flows often have exacer…
The MosaiC Distributed Network
Central Arctic properties and processes are important to the regional and global coupled climate system. The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Distributed Network (DN) of autonomous ice-tethered systems aimed to bridge gaps in our understanding of temporal and spatial scales, in particular with respect to the resolution of Earth system models. By characterizing variability around local measurements ma…
Snow thermal conductivity and conductive flux in the Central Arctic
During the Arctic winter, the conductive heat flux through the sea ice and snow balances the radiative and turbulent heat fluxes at the surface. Snow on sea ice is a thermal insulator that reduces the magnitude of the conductive flux. The thermal conductivity of snow, that is, how readily energy is conducted, is known to vary significantly in time and space from observations, but most forecast and climate models use a constant value. This work be…
Relationships between summertime surface albedo and melt pond fraction in the central Arctic Ocean
As part of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC), the HELiX uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) was deployed over the sea ice in the central Arctic Ocean during summer 2020. Albedo measurements were obtained with stabilized pyranometers, and melt pond fraction was calculated from orthomosaic imagery from a surface-imaging multispectral camera. This study analyzed HELiX flight data to provide insights on th…
Overview of the MosaiC expedition
With the Arctic rapidly changing, the needs to observe, understand, and model the changes are essential. To support these needs, an annual cycle of observations of atmospheric properties, processes, and interactions were made while drifting with the sea ice across the central Arctic during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition from October 2019 to September 2020. An international team desig…
Accelerated Springtime Melt of Snow on Tundra Downwind from Northern Alaska River Systems Resulting from Niveo-aeolian Deposition Events
It is well known that light-absorbing particulate matter (PM) enhances absorption of sunlight when deposited on ice and snow. Such increased absorption is due to a reduction in surface albedo, resulting in accelerated melt of frozen surfaces. In isolation, earlier melt enhances Arctic warming since dark surfaces underlying snow and ice are exposed and absorb additional solar energy. Here, we combine various observational tools to demonstrate that…
Public Space for Street-Scape Theatrics. Guerrilla Spatial Tactics and Methods of Urban Hacking in Brisbane, Australia
It could be argued that architecture has an inherent social responsibility to enrich the urban and spatial environments for the city’s occupants. However, how we define quality, and how ‘places’ can be designed to be fair and equitable, catering for individuals on a humanistic and psychological level, is often not clearly addressed. Lefebvre discusses the idea of the ‘right to the city’; the belief that public space design should facilitate freed…
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Public Space for Street-Scape Theatrics. Guerrilla Spatial Tactics and Methods of Urban Hacking in Brisbane, Australia
It could be argued that architecture has an inherent social responsibility to enrich the urban and spatial environments for the city’s occupants. However, how we define quality, and how ‘places’ can be designed to be fair and equitable, catering for individuals on a humanistic and psychological level, is often not clearly addressed. Lefebvre discusses the idea of the ‘right to the city’; the belief that public space design should facilitate freed…
Accelerated Springtime Melt of Snow on Tundra Downwind from Northern Alaska River Systems Resulting from Niveo-aeolian Deposition Events
It is well known that light-absorbing particulate matter (PM) enhances absorption of sunlight when deposited on ice and snow. Such increased absorption is due to a reduction in surface albedo, resulting in accelerated melt of frozen surfaces. In isolation, earlier melt enhances Arctic warming since dark surfaces underlying snow and ice are exposed and absorb additional solar energy. Here, we combine various observational tools to demonstrate that…
Overview of the MosaiC expedition
With the Arctic rapidly changing, the needs to observe, understand, and model the changes are essential. To support these needs, an annual cycle of observations of atmospheric properties, processes, and interactions were made while drifting with the sea ice across the central Arctic during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition from October 2019 to September 2020. An international team desig…
Relationships between summertime surface albedo and melt pond fraction in the central Arctic Ocean
As part of the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC), the HELiX uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) was deployed over the sea ice in the central Arctic Ocean during summer 2020. Albedo measurements were obtained with stabilized pyranometers, and melt pond fraction was calculated from orthomosaic imagery from a surface-imaging multispectral camera. This study analyzed HELiX flight data to provide insights on th…
The MosaiC Distributed Network
Central Arctic properties and processes are important to the regional and global coupled climate system. The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Distributed Network (DN) of autonomous ice-tethered systems aimed to bridge gaps in our understanding of temporal and spatial scales, in particular with respect to the resolution of Earth system models. By characterizing variability around local measurements ma…
Snow thermal conductivity and conductive flux in the Central Arctic
During the Arctic winter, the conductive heat flux through the sea ice and snow balances the radiative and turbulent heat fluxes at the surface. Snow on sea ice is a thermal insulator that reduces the magnitude of the conductive flux. The thermal conductivity of snow, that is, how readily energy is conducted, is known to vary significantly in time and space from observations, but most forecast and climate models use a constant value. This work be…
Theoretical estimates of light transmittance at the MosaiC Central Observatory
Light transmission through a sea ice cover has strong implications for the heat content of the upper ocean, the magnitude of bottom and lateral ice melt, and primary productivity in the ocean. Light transmittance in the vicinity of the Multidisciplinary Drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) Central Observatory was estimated by driving a two-stream radiative transfer model with physical property observations. Data include p…
Reversing the Flow
There has been significant research into how migration corridors and flows have shaped football today, with specific consideration of athletes from the global south moving to domestic clubs and leagues in the global north, particularly Europe. Such processes have allowed players to overcome socioeconomic adversities and build their skills and experience, contributing greatly to building their career profiles. However, such flows often have exacer…
Resiliency of Arctic sea ice to warming from southerly advection in early spring
Summertime surface melt over sea ice was observed in situ by the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) on May 25, 2020. The melt was initiated by longwave radiative forcing from a warm, cloudy air mass advected from lower latitudes, similar to that observed in 1998 during the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean in the Beaufort Sea. In addition to triggering melt onset, research suggests that springtim…
Influence of warm and moist air intrusions on black carbon deposition and snowmelt in the central Arctic
In the central Arctic, warm and moist air intrusions (WAMIs) are increasingly prevalent during winter and spring, significantly affecting the near-surface energy budget. Here, we combine in situ observations from the 2019–2020 Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition with model simulations to investigate the role of WAMIs in transporting pollutants and enhancing black carbon (BC) wet deposition. S…
The two radiative states of the Arctic atmosphere and their impacts on the surface energy budget of sea ice
The surface energy budget (SEB) is a central regulator of Arctic climate and sea ice evolution, yet its processes remain poorly constrained due to sparse observations and complex, coupled surface-atmosphere interactions. This study leverages year-long measurements from the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) to provide the most comprehensive assessment to date of the central Arctic SEB and its modulatio…
Arctic (8 works) · Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (7 works) · Cryospheric studies and observations (5 works) · Environmental Science (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Geology (5 works) · Oceanography (5 works) · Atmospheric sciences (4 works) · Climate change and permafrost (4 works) · Climatology (4 works)