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16 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 16 Jun 2022

Altimetric observation of wave attenuation through the Antarctic marginal ice zone using ICESat-2

Jill Brouwer, Alexander D. Fraser, Damian J. Murphy, Pat Wongpan, Alberto Alberello, Alison Kohout, Christopher Horvat, Simon Wotherspoon, Robert A. Massom, Jessica Cartwright, and Guy D. Williams

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The marginal ice zone is the region where ocean waves interact with sea ice. Although this...
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