Properties of snow overlying the sea ice off East Antarctica in late winter, 2007

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Toyota, Takenobu, Massom, Robert, Tateyama, Kazutaka, Tamura, Takeshi, Fraser, Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: Antarctic snow on sea ice; Thermal conductivity of snow; Flooding; Snow ice formation; Air-ice drag coefficient; Retrieval of ice thickness from satellite; 452; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/46198; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.12.002

The properties of snow on East Antarctic sea ice off Wilkes Land were examined during the Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment (SIPEX) in late winter of 2007, focusing on the interaction with sea ice. This observation includes 11 transect lines for the measurement of ice thickness, freeboard, an...