Thickness distribution of Antarctic sea ice [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2008 Ship‐based observations are used to describe regional and seasonal changes in the thickness distribution and characteristics of sea ice and snow cover thickness around Antarctica. The data set comprises 23,373 observations collected over more than 2 decades of activity and has been compiled as part of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research ...
Worby, A. P. (Anthony P.) +5 more
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Uncertainties in Arctic sea ice thickness and volume: new estimates and implications for trends [PDF]
, 2013 Sea ice volume has decreased in the last decades, evoked by changes in sea ice area and thickness. Estimates of sea ice area and thickness rely on a number of geophysical parameters which introduce large uncertainties.
L. H. Smedsrud +3 more
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Formation and propagation of great salinity anomalies [PDF]
, 2003 North Atlantic/Arctic ocean and sea ice variability for the period 1948–2001 is studied using a global Ocean General Circulation Model coupled to a dynamic/thermodynamic sea ice model forced by daily NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data [Kalnay et al., 1996 ...
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'Calving laws', 'sliding laws' and the stability of tidewater glaciers [PDF]
, 2007 A new calving criterion is introduced, which predicts calving where the depth of surface crevasses equals ice height above sea level. Crevasse depth is calculated from strain rates, and terminus position and calving rate are therefore functions of ice ...
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Airborne electromagnetic sea ice thickness sounding in shallow, brackish water environments of the Caspian and Baltic Seas [PDF]
, 2006 Ice engineering projects often rely on the knowledge of ice thickness in shallow, brackish water like in the Baltic and Caspian Seas. By means of field data and model results, the paper shows that helicopter-borne electromagnetic induction measurements ...
Haas, Christian
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Assimilating Summer Sea‐Ice Thickness Observations Improves Arctic Sea‐Ice Forecast
Geophysical Research LettersAbstractAccurate Arctic sea‐ice forecasting for the melt season is still a major challenge because of the lack of reliable pan‐Arctic summer sea‐ice thickness (SIT) data. A new summer CryoSat‐2 SIT observation data set based on an artificial intelligence algorithm may alleviate this situation.
Ruizhe Song +4 more
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An Ultra-Wideband, Microwave Radar for Measuring Snow Thickness on Sea Ice and Mapping Near-Surface Internal Layers in Polar Firn [PDF]
, 2013 Sea ice is generally covered with snow, which can vary in thickness from a few centimeters to >1 m. Snow cover acts as a thermal insulator modulating the heat exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere, and it impacts sea-ice growth rates and overall ...
Gogineni, Prasad +8 more
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Passive sea ice thickness inference using cryophones
JASA Express LettersMechanical properties of Arctic sea ice can be inferred by observations of in-ice propagation of compressional, shear, and flexural waves. During the 1980s, impulsive signals were generated by a lead ball or sledgehammer dropped onto the sea ice, and the inference required observation of wave speeds.
D Benjamin, Reeder +2 more
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Simulations with the sea ice model CICE documenting the impact of improved sea ice physics [PDF]
, 2018 Sea ice thickness data (CryoSat-2) have been used to identify and correct shortcomings in simulating winter ice growth in the widely used sea ice model CICE.
Schroeder, David
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A direct helicopter EM sea ice thickness inversion, assessed with synthetic and field data [PDF]
, 2007 Accuracy and precision of helicopter electromagneticHEM sounding are the essential parameters for HEM seaicethickness profiling. For sea-ice thickness research, thequality of HEM ice thickness estimates must be better than10 cm to detect potential ...
Haas, Christian +2 more
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