Long-term coastal-polynya dynamics in the southern Weddell Sea from MODIS thermal-infrared imagery

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: S. Paul, S. Willmes, G. Heinemann
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Austral; Coats Land; Filchner Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2027-2015; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/9/2027/2015/tc-9-2027-2015.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/810a89aa9ab7402aa7b7cceb920c71bb

Based upon thermal-infrared satellite imagery in combination with ERA-Interim atmospheric reanalysis data, we derive long-term polynya characteristics such as polynya area, thin-ice thickness distribution, and ice-production rates for a 13-year investigation period (2002–2014) for the austral winter...