Atmospheric drivers of a winter-to-spring Lagrangian sea-ice drift in the Eastern Antarctic marginal ice zone

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Ashleigh Womack, Marcello Vichi, Alberto Alberello, Alessandro Toffoli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic glaciology; atmosphere/ice/ocean interactions; sea ice; sea-ice dynamics; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Meteorology. Climatology; QC851-999; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Indian; Pancake; Antarc*; Journal of Glaciology; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.14; https://doaj.org/article/45fc3a9c53ca48a4ba8ff59012a12403

Sea-ice drift in the Antarctic marginal ice zone (MIZ) is discussed using data from a 4-month-long drift of a buoy deployed on a pancake ice floe during the winter sea-ice expansion. We demonstrate increased meandering and drift speeds, and changes in the dynamical regimes of the absolute dispersion...