Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Basal melting of ice shelves can result in the outflow of supercooled ice shelf water, which can lead to the formation of a sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) below adjacent sea ice. McMurdo Sound, located in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica, is well known for the occurrence of a SIPL linked to ice shel...

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Published in:The Cryosphere
Main Authors: C. Haas, P. J. Langhorne, W. Rack, G. H. Leonard, G. M. Brett, D. Price, J. F. Beckers, A. J. Gough
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021
https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/247/2021/tc-15-247-2021.pdf
https://doaj.org/article/6d8e88cc3a8a487983c3d3f5cf750314