Satellite altimetry detection of ice-shelf-influenced fast ice

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: G. M. Brett, D. Price, W. Rack, P. J. Langhorne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: geo; envir; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4099-2021; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/4099/2021/tc-15-4099-2021.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/b54b9cbd7beb49d7b0dd5d757d0b6bf8

The outflow of supercooled Ice Shelf Water from the conjoined Ross and McMurdo ice shelf cavity augments fast ice thickness and forms a thick sub-ice platelet layer in McMurdo Sound. Here, we investigate whether the CryoSat-2 satellite radar altimeter can consistently detect the higher freeboard cau...