Optical Studies of the Antarctic Glacio-Oceanic System

• Main Author: Rasmus, Kai
• Other Authors: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Jyväskylä Office, Helsingin yliopisto, matemaattis-luonnontieteellinen tiedekunta, fysiikan laitos, Helsingfors universitet, matematisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten, institutionen för fysik, Bøggild, Carl, Huttula, Timo, Leppäranta, Matti
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Helsingin yliopisto 2010
• Subjects: geofysiikka; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Austral; Queen Maud Land; SANAE; Aboa; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10138/23171

The Antarctic system comprises of the continent itself, Antarctica, and the ocean surrounding it, the Southern Ocean. The system has an important part in the global climate due to its size, its high latitude location and the negative radiation balance of its large ice sheets. Antarctica has also bee...