Sea Ice conditions within the Antarctic Marginal Ice Zone in winter 2017, onboard the SA Agulhas II

• Main Authors: de Jong, Ehlke, Vichi, Marcello, Mehlmann, Carolin Birgitta, Eayrs, Clare, De Kock, Wade, Moldenhauer, Marcel, Audh, Riesna Reuben
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2018
• Subjects: AGULII201707; AGULII20170704_10; AGULII20170704_11; AGULII20170704_12; AGULII20170704_13; AGULII20170704_14; AGULII20170704_15; AGULII20170704_16; AGULII20170704_17; AGULII20170704_18; AGULII20170704_19; AGULII20170704_20; AGULII20170704_21; AGULII20170704_22; AGULII20170704_23; AGULII20170704_7; AGULII20170704_8; AGULII20170704_9; AGULII20170705_0; AGULII20170705_3; AGULII20170705_4; Cloudiness; Comment; Comment of event; DATE/TIME; Event label; Floe size; Ice concentration; ICESUR; Ice survey; Ice type; Latitude of event; Longitude of event; Meteorological observation according to ASPeCt protocol; Name; S. A. Agulhas II; Sea ice observation according to ASPeCt protocol; Sea ice thickness; Sea ice topography; Snow thickness; Snow type; Southern Ocean; Station label; Visibility; Weather; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.885211; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.885211

Our knowledge of sea ice variability, which contributes to the detection of the Antarctic climate change trends, stems primarily from remotely sensed information. However, sea ice in the Southern Ocean is characterized by large variability that remains unresolved and limits our confidence on the remotely sensed products. Therefore, the in situ sea ice observations presented (according to the ASPeCt protocol) provide a greater understanding of the Antarctic sea ice environment - on a local scale - and allows us to evaluate remotely sensed products.