Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Haas, Christian; Langhorne, Patricia J.; Rack, Wolfgang; Leonard, Greg H.; Brett, Gemma M.; Price, Daniel; Beckers, Justin F.; Gough, Alex J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-247-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 1

Research article

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19 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 19 Jan 2021

Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Christian Haas, Patricia J. Langhorne, Wolfgang Rack, Greg H. Leonard, Gemma M. Brett, Daniel Price, Justin F. Beckers, and Alex J. Gough

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Final revised paper (published on 19 Jan 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 24 Sep 2020)

Interactive discussion

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Referee review of “Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica" by C. Hass et al., manuscript # tc-2020-268', Blake P. Weissling, 25 Oct 2020
- AC1: 'Replies to Reviewer 1', Christian Haas, 22 Nov 2020
RC2: 'Referee comment on “Airborne mapping of the sub-ice platelet layer under fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica” by Christian Haas et al.', Andrew Mahoney, 28 Oct 2020
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviewer 2', Christian Haas, 22 Nov 2020
EC1: 'Comment on SIPL determination', Ted Maksym, 30 Oct 2020
AC3: 'Replies to Editor', Christian Haas, 22 Nov 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (25 Nov 2020) by Ted Maksym

AR by Christian Haas on behalf of the Authors (25 Nov 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (02 Dec 2020) by Ted Maksym

Short summary

We developed a method to remotely detect proxy signals of Antarctic ice shelf melt under adjacent sea ice. It is based on aircraft surveys with electromagnetic induction sounding. We found year-to-year variability of the ice shelf melt proxy in McMurdo Sound and spatial fine structure that support assumptions about the melt of the McMurdo Ice Shelf. With this method it will be possible to map and detect locations of intense ice shelf melt along the coast of Antarctica.