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Regional-scale sea-ice and snow thickness distributions from in situ and satellite measurements over East Antarctica during SIPEX 2007
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posted on 2023-05-17, 10:38 authored by Worby, AP, Steer, AD, Jan LieserJan Lieser, Petra HeilPetra Heil, Yi, D, Markus, T, Ian AllisonIan Allison, Robert MassomRobert Massom, Galin, N, Zwally, JThe SeaIcePhysicsandEcosystemeXperiment(SIPEX)wasconductedintheEastAntarcticpackice zone between115-1301E from9September–11October,2007.Insitumeasurementsofsea-iceand snow propertieswereconductedat15icestations,togetherwithship-basedASPeCtobservations.The ice andsnowthicknessvariedconsiderablyindifferentregionsofthepackice,withparticularlythick ice associatedwithdeformationandastrongslopejetinthesouthwestofthestudyregion.Themean ice thicknesswas0.99m(1.57mexcludingthenorthernmarginalicezones),butvariedfrom0.61m along thesouthernlegto1.80malongthewesternleg,withpocketsofconsiderablythickericeinsome regions.Swellwasobservedontwooccasionspenetratingmorethan330kmsouthoftheiceedgeinto regionswith80-100%iceconcentration.IcethicknessescalculatedfromnearcoincidentICESatlaser altimetry(1.74m)aresimilartothe in-situ observationsinthecentralpack(1.57m).
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Publication title
Deep-Sea Research. Part 2: Topical Studies in OceanographyVolume
58Issue
9-10Pagination
1125-1136ISSN
0967-0645Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Pergamon-Elsevier Science LtdPlace of publication
The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Ox5 1GbRights statement
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