Seasonal and interannual variability of the landfast ice mass balance between 2009 and 2018 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Li, Na, Lei, Ruibo, Heil, Petra, Cheng, Bin, Ding, Minghu, Tian, Zhongxiang, Li, Bingrui
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Austral; Prydz Bay; Davis Station; Davis-Station; Zhongshan; Zhongshan Station; Dålk Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/8066262; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-917-2023

Landfast ice (LFI) plays a crucial role for both the climate and the ecosystem of the Antarctic coastal regions. We investigate the snow and LFI mass balance in Prydz Bay using observations from 11 sea ice mass balance buoys (IMBs). The buoys were deployed offshore from the Chinese Zhongshan Station...