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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, J
The 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 Oceanography

Volume

58

Issue

9-10

Pagination

1125-1136

ISSN

0967-0645

Department/School

Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies

Publisher

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd

Place of publication

The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England, Ox5 1Gb

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Socio-economic Objectives

Understanding climate change not elsewhere classified

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