Project information
Project aim
The proposed research will derive improved estimates of East Antarctic fast-ice extent and thickness, and their variability, from satellite data. These will be used to explicitly test relationships between fast ice/other environmental parameters and Emperor penguin population dynamics. We shall also combine observations with a wave-ice shelf-sea ice interaction model to test the hypothesis that catastrophic ice shelf break-up events on the E. Antarctic Peninsula are linked to increased ocean wave energy associated with sea-ice extent anomalies (driven by atmospheric anomalies), and/or long-period swell from far-remote storms. This work will aid comprehension of processes responsible for recent rapid ice-shelf demise.
Related publications
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Chapter 5 Snow and Sea Ice Sea Ice. 2nd Edition, 2009
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Regions of rapid sea ice change: An inter-hemispheric seasonal comparison. Geophysical Research Letters, 2012
(Ref: 14994)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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Antarctic sea ice extent and concentration. State of the Climate in 2011. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2012
(Ref: 14993)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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East Antarctic landfast sea ice distribution and variability, 2000–08. Journal of Climate, 2012
(Ref: 14729)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
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A GIS approach to estimating interannual variability of sea ice concentration in the Dumont D’Urville Sea near Terre Adélie from 2003 to 2009. Polar Science, 2011
(Ref: 14501)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature