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Brett, Gemma Marie; Leonard, Gregory H; Rack, Wolfgang; Irvin, Anne; Haas, Christian; Langhorne, Patricia J (2024): Late spring 2018 land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer thicknesses from electromagnetic induction soundings along transect West-East-EM-Transect_20181109 in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968704, In: Brett, GM et al. (2024): Late spring 2018 land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer thicknesses from electromagnetic induction soundings along repeated west to to east transects in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica [dataset publication series]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.968701

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Abstract:
Ground-based electromagnetic induction (EM) measurements of land-fast sea ice and sub-ice platelet layer (SIPL) thickness distributions were carried out in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica in late spring (November 1-19) of 2018. Repeated west to east EM transects were carried out across McMurdo Sound along latitude 77.767°S. The EM data was acquired using a frequency-domain Geonics Ltd EM31-MK2 instrument mounted on a sledge and towed by skidoo. 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 using forward modelling and inversion methods of Irvin (2018). Variability in EM thicknesses detected significant growth of sub-ice platelet layer over the 18-day survey period (Brett et al., 2024).
Keyword(s):
Antarctic sea ice; electromagnetic induction; ice-ocean interaction; Ice thickness; Sub-ice platelet layer
Related to:
Brett, Gemma Marie; Leonard, Gregory H; Rack, Wolfgang; Haas, Christian; Langhorne, Patricia J; Robinson, Natalie J; Irvin, Anne (2024): Seasonal and diurnal variability of sub-ice platelet layer thickness in McMurdo Sound from electromagnetic induction sounding. The Cryosphere, 18(7), 3049-3066, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-3049-2024
Irvin, Anne (2018): Towards Multi-Channel Inversion of Electromagnetic Sea Ice Surveys [dissertation]. York University, Toronto, Canada, 148 pp, hdl:10315/35925
Funding:
Antarctica New Zealand, grant/award no. K063_2018: Logistics support under K063_2018 event
Antarctica New Zealand, grant/award no. K066_2018: Logistics support under K066_2018 event
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), grant/award no. NIWA_SSIF: Research supported Strategic Science Investment Funding
University of Canterbury, grant/award no. Scholarship/UC/NZ: Doctoral Scholarship
Coverage:
Median Latitude: -77.766160 * Median Longitude: 165.081495 * South-bound Latitude: -77.768760 * West-bound Longitude: 164.799971 * North-bound Latitude: -77.764730 * East-bound Longitude: 165.207881
Date/Time Start: 2018-11-09T11:05:16 * Date/Time End: 2018-11-09T11:57:26
Event(s):
West-East-EM-Transect_20181109 * Latitude Start: -77.764730 * Longitude Start: 165.207465 * Latitude End: -77.766694 * Longitude End: 164.799973 * Date/Time Start: 2018-11-09T11:05:16 * Date/Time End: 2018-11-09T11:57:26 * Location: McMurdo * Method/Device: Ground-based electromagnetic induction (GEM)
Parameter(s):
#NameShort NameUnitPrincipal InvestigatorMethod/DeviceComment
1DATE/TIMEDate/TimeBrett, Gemma MarieGeocode
2IdentificationIDBrett, Gemma Mariepointno
3LONGITUDELongitudeBrett, Gemma MarieGeocode
4LATITUDELatitudeBrett, Gemma MarieGeocode
5Sea ice thicknessEsEsmBrett, Gemma MarieElectromagnetic sounding (EM), Geonics Ltd EM31-MK2
6Sub-ice platelet-layer thicknessSIPLmBrett, Gemma MarieElectromagnetic sounding (EM), Geonics Ltd EM31-MK2
Status:
Curation Level: Enhanced curation (CurationLevelC)
Size:
9252 data points

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