An Exceptional Winter Sea-Ice Retreat/Advance in the

• Main Authors: Bellingshausen Sea Antarctica, J. Turner, S. A. Harangozo, J. C. King, W. M. Connolley, T. A. Lachlan-cope, G. J. Marshall
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Rothera; Rothera Station; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.693.4109; http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/wmc/papers/Turner-et-al-Atmos-Ocean-sea-ice.pdf

ABSTRACT The exceptional sea-ice retreat and advance that occurred in the Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica dur-ing August 1993 was the largest such winter event in this sector of the Antarctic during the satellite era. The rea-sons for this fluctuation of ice are investigated using passive microwave s...