The impact of early-summer snow properties on Antarctic landfast sea-ice X-band backscatter

• Published in: Annals of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Paul, Stephan, Willmes, Sascha, Hoppmann, Mario, Hunkeler, Priska, Wesche, Christine, Nicolaus, Marcel, Heinemann, Günther, Timmermann, Ralph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: INT GLACIOL SOC 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Austral; Atka; Annals of Glaciology; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37962/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.45622

Up to now, snow cover on Antarctic sea ice and its impact on radar backscatter, particularly after the onset of freeze/thaw processes, are not well understood. Here we present a combined analysis of in situ observations of snow properties from the landfast sea ice in Atka Bay, Antarctica, and high-r...