The internal melting of landfast sea ice in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

Summertime internal melting of Antarctic sea ice is common due to the penetration of solar radiation below the snow and ice surface. We focus on the role of internal melting and heat conduction in generating gap layers within the ice. These often occur approximately 0.1 m below the ice surface. In a...

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Main Authors: Jiechen Zhao, Bin Cheng, Timo Vihma, Peng Lu, Hongwei Han, Qi Shu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac76d9