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  Assessing the vulnerability of fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica to winter storms

Leonard, G., Richter, M., Smith, I., Turner, K., Whittaker, M. (2023): Assessing the vulnerability of fast ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica to winter storms, XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) (Berlin 2023).
https://doi.org/10.57757/IUGG23-2805

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Item Permalink: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5019091 Version Permalink: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_5019091_2
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Leonard, Greg1, Author
Richter, Maren1, Author
Smith, Inga1, Author
Turner, Kate1, Author
Whittaker, Maddy1, Author
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1IUGG 2023, General Assemblies, 1 General, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), External Organizations, ou_5011304              

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 Abstract: McMurdo Sound sea ice can generally be partitioned into two regimes: (1) a stable fast-ice cover, forming south of approximately 77.6 ∘S around March – April and then breaking out the following January – February, and (2) a more dynamic region north of 77.6 ∘S that the McMurdo Sound and Ross Sea polynyas regularly impact. In 2019, a stable fast-ice cover formed unusually late due to repeated break-out events. Here we analyse the 2019 sea-ice conditions and relate them to a modified storm index (MSI), a proxy for southerly wind events. We determined there is a strong correlation between the timing of break-out events and several unusually large MSI events and our key finding is that an increase in the frequency of intense winter storms in 2019 resulted in a delayed formation of a stable fast-ice cover. Further, recent observations (post 2019) demonstrate that fast-ice conditions in 2019 were not unique and suggest that the fate of fast ice in the sound may be a symptom of some larger change. Winter fast-ice dynamics in the sound appear to be largely driven by synoptic events as there are no identifiable trends in monthly-averages of atmospheric drivers (e.g. air temperature, mean sea level pressure and wind speed and direction) of fast-ice breakout in the period 1985 – 2022. This study offers new insights into the mechanisms behind individual break-out events and is one of a few case studies that investigate the stability of a fast-ice cover in winter.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2023
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Identifiers: DOI: 10.57757/IUGG23-2805
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Title: XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
Place of Event: Berlin
Start-/End Date: 2023-07-11 - 2023-07-20

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Title: XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
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Publ. Info: Potsdam : GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
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