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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-471-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-471-2022
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09 Feb 2022
Research article |  | 09 Feb 2022

Weddell Sea polynya analysis using SMOS–SMAP apparent sea ice thickness retrieval

Alexander Mchedlishvili, Gunnar Spreen, Christian Melsheimer, and Marcus Huntemann

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In this paper we show that the activity leading to the open-ocean polynyas near the Maud Rise seamount that have occurred repeatedly from 1974–1976 as well as 2016–2017 does not simply stop for polynya-free years. Using apparent sea ice thickness retrieval, we have identified anomalies where there is thinning of sea ice on a scale that is comparable to that of the polynya events of 2016–2017. These anomalies took place in 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2018.
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