Electromagnetic-inductive measurements for the undeformed and deformed sea-ice and snow

Indirect ice and snow thickness measurements were carried out for the winter and spring Antarctic sea ice by using the electromagnetic-inductive (EMI) device on the East Antarctic pack ice area. This study investigated the effect of saline slush snow layer over the sea ice and seawater-filled gap to...

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Main Authors: Kazutaka Tateyama, Shotaro Uto, Kunio Shirasawa, Hiroyuki Enomoto
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.534.7668
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Summary:Indirect ice and snow thickness measurements were carried out for the winter and spring Antarctic sea ice by using the electromagnetic-inductive (EMI) device on the East Antarctic pack ice area. This study investigated the effect of saline slush snow layer over the sea ice and seawater-filled gap to the snow and sea ice thickness measured by EMI. A result shows underestimations of EMI thickness, which might be caused by high conductive seawater-filled gaps between ice floes, appeared on thicker ice over 3.5 m. This study improved the validity of