Improving Our Understanding of Antarctic Sea Ice with NASA's Operation IceBridge and the Upcoming ICESat-2 Mission

• Main Authors: Markus, Thorsten, Kurtz, Nathan T., Petty, Alek A.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Oceanography; Meteorology and Climatology; Earth Resources and Remote Sensing; Antarctic; Petty; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170008477

Antarctic sea ice is a crucial component of the global climate system. Rapid sea ice production regimes around Antarctica feed the lower branch of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation through intense brine rejection and the formation of Antarctic Bottom Water (e.g., Orsi et al. 1999; Jacobs 20...