Winter 2018 time-series measurement of land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer thicknesses from electromagnetic induction soundings in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

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Ground-based electromagnetic induction (EM) time-series measurements of land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer thicknesses were carried out on land-fast sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica in winter (August 8 to 26 October) and late spring (November 4-18) of 2018. The EM data were acquired using a frequency-domain Geonics Ltd EM31-MK2 instrument mounted on the sea ice surface in winter and a sledge in late spring. The thicknesses of consolidated ice (sea ice plus the snow layer) and the sub-ice platelet layer were simultaneously retrieved from the EM31 measured response (i.e., Apparent Conductivity (AppCond) and Inphase (Inph)) using the forward modelling and inversion methods of Irvin (2018). Temporal variability in EM measured thicknesses detected the seasonal growth of land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer in winter, and shorter timescale variability related to strong offshore wind events in winter and the tides in late spring (Brett et al., 2024).

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968700
Related Identifier IsSupplementTo https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3049-2024
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968699
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Creator Brett, Gemma Marie ORCID logo; Leonard, Gregory H ORCID logo; Rack, Wolfgang (ORCID: 0000-0003-2447-377X); Irvin, Anne ORCID logo; Haas, Christian ORCID logo; Langhorne, Patricia J ORCID logo; Smith, Inga J
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2024
Funding Reference Antarctica New Zealand https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001546 Crossref Funder ID K063_2018 Logistics support under K063_2018 event; Antarctica New Zealand https://doi.org/10.13039/501100001546 Crossref Funder ID K066_2018 Logistics support under K066_2018 event
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 6815 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (166.655 LON, -77.867 LAT); Antarctica
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-08-07T21:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-10-27T00:00:00Z