Articles | Volume 12, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3459-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3459-2018
Research article
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08 Nov 2018
Research article |  | 08 Nov 2018

Interannual sea ice thickness variability in the Bay of Bothnia

Iina Ronkainen, Jonni Lehtiranta, Mikko Lensu, Eero Rinne, Jari Haapala, and Christian Haas

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We quantify the sea ice thickness variability in the Bay of Bothnia using various observational data sets. For the first time we use helicopter and shipborne electromagnetic soundings to study changes in drift ice of the Bay of Bothnia. Our results show that the interannual variability of ice thickness is larger in the drift ice zone than in the fast ice zone. Furthermore, the mean thickness of heavily ridged ice near the coast can be several times larger than that of fast ice.