Satellite altimetry detection of ice-shelf-influenced fast ice

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Brett, Gemma M., Price, Daniel, Rack, Wolfgang, Langhorne, Patricia J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; McMurdo Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4099-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/4099/2021/

The outflow of supercooled Ice Shelf Water from the conjoined Ross and McMurdo ice shelf cavity augments fast ice thickness and forms a thick sub-ice platelet layer in McMurdo Sound. Here, we investigate whether the CryoSat-2 satellite radar altimeter can consistently detect the higher freeboard cau...