Snow-pit measurements on Atka Bay landfast sea ice during ANT-Land 2012/2013 season ...

• Main Authors: Paul, Stephan, Willmes, Sascha, Hoppmann, Mario, Hunkeler, Priska A, Wesche, Christine, Nicolaus, Marcel, Heinemann, Günther, Timmermann, Ralph
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2015
• Subjects: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas SPP1158; Antarctic; Arctic; Atka; Austral; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.848914; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.848914

Up to now, snow cover on Antarctic sea ice and its impact on radar backscatter, particularly after the onset of freeze/thaw processes, are not well understood. Here we present a combined analysis of in situ observations of snow properties from the landfast sea ice in Atka Bay, Antarctica, and high-r...