Seasonal and interannual variability of landfast sea ice in Atka Bay, Weddell Sea, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Arndt, Stefanie, Nicolaus, Marcel, Hoppmann, Mario, Schmithüsen, Holger
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Neumayer; Neumayer Station; Weddell; Atka; Ekström Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/52680/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.3a9f3481-3a35-441a-bbe7-a0864c3d9a78

Landfast sea ice (fast ice) attached to the Antarctic coast is a critical element of the local physical and ecological systems. Through its direct coupling with the atmosphere and ocean, fast ice and its snow cover are also a potential indicator of processes related to climate change. However, in-si...