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

• 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

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).