Seasonal and interannual variability of the landfast ice mass balance between 2009 and 2018 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

Abstract ± ± ± cm d - 1) was larger than that around ZS (0.5 ± cm d - 1). This is attributed to cooler air temperature (AT) and lower oceanic heat flux at that time in the DS region. Air temperature anomalies were more important in regulating the LFI growth rate at that time because of thinner sea ice having a weaker thermal inertia relative to thick ice in later seasons. Interannual and local spatial variabilities for the seasonality of LFI mass balance identified at ZS are larger than at DS due to local differences in topography and katabatic wind regime. Snow ice contributed up to 27 % of the LFI total ice thickness at the offshore site close to ground icebergs off ZS because of the substantial snow accumulation. Offshore from ZS, the supercooled water was observed at the sites close to the Dålk Glacier from July to October, which reduced the oceanic heat flux and promoted the LFI growth. During late austral spring and summer, the increased oceanic heat flux led to a reduction of LFI growth at all investigated sites. The variability of LFI properties across the study domain prevailed at interannual timescales, over any trend during the recent decades. Based on the results derived from this study, we argue that an increased understanding of snow (on LFI) processes, local atmospheric and oceanic conditions, as well as coastal morphology and bathymetry, are required to improve the Antarctic LFI modeling.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

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Seasonal and interannual variability of the landfast ice mass balance between 2009 and 2018 in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica ; volume:17 ; number:2 ; year:2023 ; pages:917-937 ; extent:21
The Cryosphere ; 17, Heft 2 (2023), 917-937 (gesamt 21)

Urheber
Li, Na
Lei, Ruibo
Heil, Petra
Cheng, Bin
Ding, Minghu
Tian, Zhongxiang
Li, Bingrui

DOI
10.5194/tc-17-917-2023
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023033006275500851452
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  • Li, Na
  • Lei, Ruibo
  • Heil, Petra
  • Cheng, Bin
  • Ding, Minghu
  • Tian, Zhongxiang
  • Li, Bingrui

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