Satellite altimetry detection of ice-shelf-influenced fast ice

<p>The outflow of supercooled Ice Shelf Water from the conjoined Ross and McMurdo ice shelf cavity augments fast ice thickness and forms a thick sub-ice platelet layer in McMurdo Sound. Here, we investigate whether the CryoSat-2 satellite radar altimeter can consistently detect the higher free...

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Main Authors: G. M. Brett, D. Price, W. Rack, P. J. Langhorne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2021-08-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/15/4099/2021/tc-15-4099-2021.pdf