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Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6103-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-6103-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 19, issue 11
Research article
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24 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 24 Nov 2025

How flat is flat? Investigating snow topography and the spatial variability of snow surface temperature on landfast sea ice using UAVs in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Julia Martin, Ruzica Dadic, Brian Anderson, Roberta Pirazzini, Oliver Wigmore, and Lauren Vargo

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This study examines how snow distribution affects Antarctic sea ice surface temperature, a key factor in its energy balance. Using drone and ground-based data, we mapped snow depth and surface temperature on 2.4 m thick sea ice in McMurdo Sound. We corrected thermal camera inconsistencies and found that surface temperature is more influenced by topography-driven solar radiation than snow depth. Our findings highlight the need to account for small-scale processes in sea ice energy balance models.
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