Mass-Balance Aspects of Weddell Sea Pack Ice

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Author: Ackley, S. F.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Arctic; Antarctic; Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; Weddell; Western Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014878; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000014878

Abstract The Weddell Sea pack ice undergoes several unique advance–retreat characteristics related to the clockwise transport in the Weddell Gyre, the physical setting for the pack ice, and the free boundary with the oceans to the north. From satellite-derived ice charts, the annual cycle of the pac...