Long-term coastal-polynya dynamics in the southern Weddell Sea from MODIS thermal-infrared imagery

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Paul, S., Willmes, S., Heinemann, G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Coats Land; Filchner Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2027-2015; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/9/2027/2015/

Based upon thermal-infrared satellite imagery in combination with ERA-Interim atmospheric reanalysis data, we derive long-term polynya characteristics such as polynya area, thin-ice thickness distribution, and ice-production rates for a 13-year investigation period (2002–2014) for the austral winter...