Regional-scale sea-ice and snow thickness distributions from in situ and satellite measurements over East Antarctica during SIPEX 2007
The SeaIcePhysicsandEcosystemeXperiment(SIPEX)wasconductedintheEastAntarcticpackicezone between115-1301E from9September11October,2007.Insitumeasurementsofsea-iceandsnow propertieswereconductedat15icestations,togetherwithship-basedASPeCtobservations.Theice andsnowthicknessvariedconsiderablyindifferen...
Published in: | Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd
2011
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.12.001 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/76094 |
Summary: | The SeaIcePhysicsandEcosystemeXperiment(SIPEX)wasconductedintheEastAntarcticpackicezone between115-1301E from9September11October,2007.Insitumeasurementsofsea-iceandsnow propertieswereconductedat15icestations,togetherwithship-basedASPeCtobservations.Theice andsnowthicknessvariedconsiderablyindifferentregionsofthepackice,withparticularlythickice associatedwithdeformationandastrongslopejetinthesouthwestofthestudyregion.Themeanice thicknesswas0.99m(1.57mexcludingthenorthernmarginalicezones),butvariedfrom0.61malong thesouthernlegto1.80malongthewesternleg,withpocketsofconsiderablythickericeinsomeregions.Swellwasobservedontwooccasionspenetratingmorethan330kmsouthoftheiceedgeintoregionswith80-100%iceconcentration.IcethicknessescalculatedfromnearcoincidentICESatlaseraltimetry(1.74m)aresimilartothe in-situ observationsinthecentralpack(1.57m). |
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