Sea ice characteristics and volume flux in the western Ross Sea through high-resolution satellite imagery and altimetry

• Main Author: Farooq, Usama
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Asar; McMurdo Sound; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Terra Nova Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10092/102487; https://doi.org/10.26021/11598

Sea ice and the related processes in formation, transformation, and melt, play a significant role in the global climate, considerably influencing Earth’s energy budget and global ocean circulation. Sea ice motion in combination with thickness determines the transportation of fresh ice to the areas o...