Local climatology of fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Abstract Fast ice plays important physical and ecological roles: as a barrier to wind, waves and radiation, as both barrier and safe resting place for air-breathing animals, and as substrate for microbial communities. While sea ice has been monitored for decades using satellite imagery, high-resolut...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Antarctic Science
Main Authors: Kim, Stacy, Saenz, Ben, Scanniello, Jeff, Daly, Kendra, Ainley, David
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2018
Subjects:
Geology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Oceanography
Ross Sea
McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Station
Antarc*
Antarctic Science
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102017000578
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102017000578

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