Beyond Point Measurements: Sea Ice Floes Characterized in 3-D

A new methodology for coincident floe-scale measurements of the surface elevation, snow depth, and ice draft (the thickness below the water line) of Antarctic sea ice has been demonstrated during two recent research voyages: the Australian-led Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment II (SIPEX II) t...

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Published in:Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Main Authors: Williams, GD, Maksym, T, Kunz, C, Kimball, P, Singh, H, Wilkinson, J, Lachlan-Cope, T, Trujillo, E, Steer, AD, Massom, RA, Meiners, K, Heil, P, Lieser, JL, Leonard, K, Murphy, C
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Inc 2013
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Oceanography
Physical Oceanography
Antarctic
Bellingshausen Sea
East Antarctica
Weddell
Antarc*
Antarctica
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO070002
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/83859
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Summary:A new methodology for coincident floe-scale measurements of the surface elevation, snow depth, and ice draft (the thickness below the water line) of Antarctic sea ice has been demonstrated during two recent research voyages: the Australian-led Sea Ice Physics and Ecosystem Experiment II (SIPEX II) to East Antarctica in SeptemberNovember 2012 and the United Kingdomled Ice Mass Balance in the Bellingshausen Sea (ICEBell) voyage to the Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas in November 2010 (Figure 1a).

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