Snow Cover Impacts on Antarctic Sea Ice


Contact
leonard.rossmann [ at ] awi.de

Abstract

Snow on Antarctic sea ice has tremendous impacts on Albedo, light transmission and sea ice mass balance. Snow Buoys (Nicolaus et al., 2021) measure snow accumu- lation over time with four ultra sonic sensors. Here we present 14 Snow Buoys which were deployed in the Wed- dell Sea since 2013. These snow surface height measu- rements are coupled with the 1D SNOWPACK Sea ice versi- on model (Wever et al. 2020) in order to retreave snow pack processes, which are not detactable from the surface. Snow ice formation is a major process on Antarctic sea ice is, when the snow pack is flooded by sea water and refreezes. This changes the snow and sea ice mass balance. Here we present the effect on snow cover depth depending on season.



Item Type
Conference (Poster)
Authors
Divisions
Primary Division
Programs
Primary Topic
Helmholtz Cross Cutting Activity (2021-2027)
N/A
Research Networks
Publication Status
Published
Event Details
DFG Koordinationworkshop, 06 Sep 2021 - 09 Sep 2021, online.
Eprint ID
55002
Cite as
Nicolaus, M. , Arndt, S. , Lehning, M. , Jafari, M. , Wever, N. , Kaleschke, L. and Haas, C. (2021): Snow Cover Impacts on Antarctic Sea Ice , DFG Koordinationworkshop, online, 6 September 2021 - 9 September 2021 .


Download
[thumbnail of dfg_ws2021_leonardrossmann_a3_sent.pdf]
Preview
PDF
dfg_ws2021_leonardrossmann_a3_sent.pdf

Download (71MB) | Preview

Share
Add to AnyAdd to TwitterAdd to FacebookAdd to LinkedinAdd to PinterestAdd to Email

Geographical region

Research Platforms

Campaigns
ANT > XXXI > 2


Actions
Edit Item Edit Item