Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network
Continuous observations of sea-ice and its snow cover are crucial to understand key processes and predict changes in the polar regions. In the pack-ice zone of the Southern Ocean, gathering these data is most challenging due to logistical constraints. In contrast, immobile sea ice fastened to the co...
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ftawi:oai:epic.awi.de:35368 2023-05-15T13:40:26+02:00 Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network Hoppmann, Mario Nicolaus, Marcel Hunkeler, Priska Paul, Stephan Heil, Petra 2014-03-10 application/pdf https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35368/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35368/1/AFIN_IGS_2014_final_small.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43360 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43360.d001 unknown https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35368/1/AFIN_IGS_2014_final_small.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43360.d001 Hoppmann, M. orcid:0000-0003-1294-9531 , Nicolaus, M. orcid:0000-0003-0903-1746 , Hunkeler, P. , Paul, S. and Heil, P. (2014) Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network , International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Environment, Hobart (Tasmania, Australia), 10 March 2014 - 14 March 2014 . hdl:10013/epic.43360 EPIC3International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Environment, Hobart (Tasmania, Australia), 2014-03-10-2014-03-14 Conference notRev 2014 ftawi 2021-12-24T15:39:29Z Continuous observations of sea-ice and its snow cover are crucial to understand key processes and predict changes in the polar regions. In the pack-ice zone of the Southern Ocean, gathering these data is most challenging due to logistical constraints. In contrast, immobile sea ice fastened to the coast and ice shelves around Antarctica is relatively easy to probe from nearby coastal stations. During IPY 2007/08, several international partners grouped together in the Antarctic Fast Ice Network (AFIN) to provide the scientific community with continuous observations of fast-ice areas around the Antarctic coastline. Since 2010/11, we contribute to AFIN with a suite of measurements on the seasonal fast ice of Atka Bay, in the eastern Weddell Sea. Through its geographical location near the Ekström Ice Shelf, the fast ice is influenced by ocean-ice shelf interaction and is generally covered with a thick and highly variable snow cover. Here we present the concept and selected results of our ongoing monitoring program, where we combine traditional sea-ice measurements (drillings, coring, snow pits) with automated stations/buoys and remote sensing by satellites (MODIS, SAR). Conference Object Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Ice Shelf Ice Shelves IPY Sea ice Southern Ocean Weddell Sea Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research (AWI): ePIC (electronic Publication Information Center) Antarctic Atka ENVELOPE(151.789,151.789,60.835,60.835) Ekström Ice Shelf ENVELOPE(-8.000,-8.000,-71.000,-71.000) Southern Ocean The Antarctic Weddell Weddell Sea |
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Continuous observations of sea-ice and its snow cover are crucial to understand key processes and predict changes in the polar regions. In the pack-ice zone of the Southern Ocean, gathering these data is most challenging due to logistical constraints. In contrast, immobile sea ice fastened to the coast and ice shelves around Antarctica is relatively easy to probe from nearby coastal stations. During IPY 2007/08, several international partners grouped together in the Antarctic Fast Ice Network (AFIN) to provide the scientific community with continuous observations of fast-ice areas around the Antarctic coastline. Since 2010/11, we contribute to AFIN with a suite of measurements on the seasonal fast ice of Atka Bay, in the eastern Weddell Sea. Through its geographical location near the Ekström Ice Shelf, the fast ice is influenced by ocean-ice shelf interaction and is generally covered with a thick and highly variable snow cover. Here we present the concept and selected results of our ongoing monitoring program, where we combine traditional sea-ice measurements (drillings, coring, snow pits) with automated stations/buoys and remote sensing by satellites (MODIS, SAR). |
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Hoppmann, Mario Nicolaus, Marcel Hunkeler, Priska Paul, Stephan Heil, Petra Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network |
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Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network |
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Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network |
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Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network |
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Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network |
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Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network |
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monitoring land-fast sea ice in the weddell sea – a contribution to the antarctic fast ice network |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35368/ https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35368/1/AFIN_IGS_2014_final_small.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43360 https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43360.d001 |
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ENVELOPE(151.789,151.789,60.835,60.835) ENVELOPE(-8.000,-8.000,-71.000,-71.000) |
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EPIC3International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Environment, Hobart (Tasmania, Australia), 2014-03-10-2014-03-14 |
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https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35368/1/AFIN_IGS_2014_final_small.pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43360.d001 Hoppmann, M. orcid:0000-0003-1294-9531 , Nicolaus, M. orcid:0000-0003-0903-1746 , Hunkeler, P. , Paul, S. and Heil, P. (2014) Monitoring land-fast sea ice in the Weddell Sea – A contribution to the Antarctic Fast Ice Network , International Symposium on Sea Ice in a Changing Environment, Hobart (Tasmania, Australia), 10 March 2014 - 14 March 2014 . hdl:10013/epic.43360 |
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