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Haas, Christian; Hendricks, Stefan; Eicken, Hajo; Herber, Andreas (2010): Sea ice thickness from airborne electromagnetic (EM) induction sounding acquired from fixed-wing aircraft POLAR 5 surveys from several airports in Spitsbergen, Greenland, Canada and Alaska [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778685, Supplement to: Haas, C et al. (2010): Synoptic airborne thickness surveys reveal state of Arctic sea ice cover. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L09501, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL042652

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Abstract:
While summer Arctic sea-ice extent has decreased over the past three decades, it is subject to large interannual and regional variations. Methodological challenges in measuring ice thickness continue to hamper our understanding of the response of the ice-thickness distribution to recent change, limiting the ability to forecast sea-ice change over the next decade. We present results from a 2400 km long pan-Arctic airborne electromagnetic (EM) ice thickness survey in April 2009, the first-ever large-scale EM thickness dataset obtained by fixed-wing aircraft over key regions of old ice in the Arctic Ocean between Svalbard and Alaska. The data provide detailed insight into ice thickness distributions characteristic for the different regions. Comparison with previous EM surveys shows that modal thicknesses of old ice had changed little since 2007, and remained within the expected range of natural variability.
Project(s):
Sea Ice Physics @ AWI (AWI_SeaIce)
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 78.467870 * Median Longitude: -79.665513 * South-bound Latitude: 71.029869 * West-bound Longitude: -166.918510 * North-bound Latitude: 88.313665 * East-bound Longitude: 11.826969
Date/Time Start: 2009-04-05T12:11:29 * Date/Time End: 2009-04-26T19:47:24
Event(s):
HEM_PAM09_01a * Latitude Start: 80.328847 * Longitude Start: 2.613459 * Latitude End: 81.225059 * Longitude End: -5.682360 * Date/Time Start: 2009-04-05T12:11:29 * Date/Time End: 2009-04-05T13:09:40 * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: PAMARCMIP_2009 (Solar Pan-Arctic Measurements and Arctic Climate Model Intercomparison Project) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Airborne electromagnetic induction sounding (EMA)
HEM_PAM09_01b * Latitude Start: 80.639913 * Longitude Start: 0.145082 * Latitude End: 81.225059 * Longitude End: -5.682360 * Date/Time Start: 2009-04-05T12:31:08 * Date/Time End: 2009-04-05T13:09:40 * Location: North Greenland Sea * Campaign: PAMARCMIP_2009 (Solar Pan-Arctic Measurements and Arctic Climate Model Intercomparison Project) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Airborne electromagnetic induction sounding (EMA)
HEM_PAM09_02 * Latitude Start: 80.667866 * Longitude Start: 11.826969 * Latitude End: 82.802006 * Longitude End: 7.653994 * Date/Time Start: 2009-04-06T10:26:36 * Date/Time End: 2009-04-06T11:47:47 * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PAMARCMIP_2009 (Solar Pan-Arctic Measurements and Arctic Climate Model Intercomparison Project) * Basis: POLAR 5 * Method/Device: Airborne electromagnetic induction sounding (EMA)
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC-BY-3.0)
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Datasets listed in this publication series

  1. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_01a. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778674
  2. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_01b. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778675
  3. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_02. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778677
  4. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_03. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778678
  5. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_04. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778679
  6. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_05. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778680
  7. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_06. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778681
  8. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_07. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778682
  9. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_08. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778683
  10. Haas, C; Hendricks, S; Eicken, H et al. (2010): Airborne sea ice thickness measurements from the PAMARCMIP field program in spring 2009 from flight HEM_PAM09_09. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.778684