Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

<p>Basal melting of ice shelves can result in the outflow of supercooled ice shelf water, which can lead to the formation of a sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) below adjacent sea ice. McMurdo Sound, located in the southern Ross Sea, Antarctica, is well known for the occurrence of a SIPL linked to...

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Main Authors: C. Haas, P. J. Langhorne, W. Rack, G. H. Leonard, G. M. Brett, D. Price, J. F. Beckers, A. J. Gough
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-01-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/247/2021/tc-15-247-2021.pdf

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