Figure 8. Contour plots showing simulated pond depth on multiyear ice during the melt season. Note the color scale is different from that in Figure 4. Pond depth on the day that ponds initially form (on day 175) and pond coverage before freezeup (on day 210) are shown. Dark blue represents bare ice, and pond depth scale is illustrated in the color bar with red for the deepest ponds. White regions are areas where sea ice has melted through entirely.
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