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Geophysical constraints on the Antarctic sea ice cover
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2016
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Source: Remote Sensing of Environment, 181, 281-292
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Journal Title:Remote Sensing of Environment
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Description:The contrast between the slight increase of Antarctic sea ice and the drastic reduction of Arctic sea ice since the 1970s has been a conundrum to be resolved. Sea ice trajectory tracking with satellite scatterometer data in 2008 shows that ice around Antarctica is pushed offshore by katabatic winds influenced by the continental topography. The ice trajectories reveal that sea ice, grown earlier in the ice season, drifts northward away from the Antarctic continent forming a circumpolar frontal ice zone (FIZ) behind the ice edge. The FIZ thereby consists of sea ice that becomes rougher due to a longer exposure to wind and wave actions, and thicker over time by more ice growth and greater snow accumulation.
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Source:Remote Sensing of Environment, 181, 281-292
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ISSN:0034-4257
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Rights Information:Accepted Manuscript
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