SAR image wave spectra to retrieve the thickness of grease-pancake sea ice using viscous wave models

• Main Authors: De Carolis, Giacomo, Olla, Piero, De Santi, Francesca
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2020
• Subjects: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics physics.ao-ph; Fluid Dynamics physics.flu-dyn; FOS Physical sciences; Arctic; Pancake; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Beaufort Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2007.15639; https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.15639

Young sea ice composed of grease and pancake ice (GPI), as well as thin floes, considered to be the most common form of sea ice fringing Antarctica, is now becoming the 'new normal' also in the Arctic. Investigations to determine how an increase in GPI is affecting the climate in the far n...