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20 May 2022
Research article |
| 20 May 2022
Flexural and compressive strength of the landfast sea ice in the Prydz Bay, East Antarctic
Qingkai Wang
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian
University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Zhaoquan Li
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian
University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Peng Lu
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian
University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
Yigang Xu
Marine Design and Research Institute of China, Shanghai 200011,
China
Zhijun Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian
University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
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The Cryosphere, 15, 4281–4313, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4281-2021, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-4281-2021, 2021
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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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Steven W. Fons and Nathan T. Kurtz
The Cryosphere, 13, 861–878, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-861-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-861-2019, 2019
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A method to measure the snow freeboard of Antarctic sea ice from CryoSat-2 data is developed. Through comparisons with data from airborne campaigns and another satellite mission, we find that this method can reasonably retrieve snow freeboard across the Antarctic and shows promise in retrieving snow depth in certain locations. Snow freeboard data from CryoSat-2 are important because they enable the calculation of sea ice thickness and help to better understand snow depth on Antarctic sea ice.
Ron Kwok and Sahra Kacimi
The Cryosphere, 12, 2789–2801, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2789-2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2789-2018, 2018
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The variability of snow depth and ice thickness in three years of repeat surveys of an IceBridge (OIB) transect across the Weddell Sea is examined. Retrieved thicknesses suggest a highly variable but broadly thicker ice cover compared to that inferred from drilling and ship-based measurements. The use of lidar and radar altimeters to estimate snow depth for thickness calculations is analyzed, and the need for better characterization of biases due to radar penetration effects is highlighted.
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Short summary
A large area of landfast sea ice exists in the Prydz Bay, and it is always a safety concern to transport cargos on ice to the research stations. Knowing the mechanical properties of sea ice is helpful to solve the issue; however, these data are rarely reported in this region. We explore the effects of sea ice physical properties on the flexural strength, effective elastic modulus, and uniaxial compressive strength, which gives new insights into assessing the bearing capacity of landfast sea ice.
A large area of landfast sea ice exists in the Prydz Bay, and it is always a safety concern to...
