SAR ice thickness mapping in the Beaufort Sea during autumn 2015 using wave dispersion in pancake ice

• Main Authors: Peter Wadhams, Giuseppe Aulicino, and Flavio Parmiggiani
• Other Authors: Wadhams, Peter, Aulicino, Giuseppe, Flavio Parmiggiani, And
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Gesellschaft mbH 2017
• Subjects: sea-ice; Arctic Ocean; pancake ice; Antarctic; Arctic; Pancake; Antarc*; Beaufort Sea; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11367/78069; https://www.geophysical-research-abstracts.net/egu2017.html

Pancake and frazil ice represent an important component of the Arctic and Antarctic cryosphere, especially in the Marginal Ice Zones. In particular, pancake ice is the result of a freezing process that takes place in turbulent surface conditions, typically associated with wind and wave fields. The r...