Sea ice thickness in Southern Beaufort Sea

• Main Author: Haas, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2012
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Beaufort Sea; Ice thickness; Sachs Harbour; Sea ice; Beaufort Regional Environmental Assessment; Other programs and funding agencies; Arctic; Canada; Banks Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/11470; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=11470

A >800 km long ice thickness survey was performed over both first-year and multiyear ice east of Banks Island. Data were obtained by means of airborne electromagnetic (EM) sounding using a Canadian Kenn Borek Basler BT67 aircraft (C-JKB). Other auxiliary data include laser altimetry. More information can be found in the following publications: Haas, C., Lobach, J., Hendricks, S., Rabenstein, L., Pfaffling, A. (2009). Helicopter-borne measurements of sea ice thickness, using a small and lightweight, digital EM system, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 67(3), 234-241; Haas, C., Hendricks, S., Eicken, H., Herber, A. (2010). Synoptic airborne thickness surveys reveal state of Arctic sea ice cover, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L09501, 5 p. : Purpose: Provide information on the large-scale spatial and thickness distributions of different sea ice types and extreme ice features (EIF) in the southern Beaufort Sea. Observe interannual variability and develop Canadian capacity for airborne sea ice surveys. The project is co-funded by the Canada Research Chair program, Canadian Arctic Sea Ice Mass Balance Observatory (CASIMBO), and the German Polar Airborne Measurements and Arctic Regional Climate Model Simulation Project (PAMARCMIP). : Summary: Not Applicable