Basin-scale ice motion and deformation in the Weddell Sea during winter

Wadhams, P.; Sear, C.B.; Crane, D.R.; Rowe, M.A.; Morrison, S.J.; Limbert, D.W.S.. 1989 Basin-scale ice motion and deformation in the Weddell Sea during winter. Annals of Glaciology, 12. 178-186. 10.3189/S0260305500007163

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Abstract/Summary

Ice motion in the Weddell Sea is examined for the period 19 August (Day 232) to 12 October (Day 286) 1986 using the tracks of four Argos buoys deployed during the Winter Weddell Sea Project 1986 (WWSP 86). Two were SPRI/BAS buoys, launched in December 1985 and March 1986 in the south-east and north-west Weddell Sea. The others were part of a mesoscale array deployed in the Maud Rise area by H. Hoeber of the Meteorologisches Institut der Universität Hamburg, during the WWSP 86 cruise of FS Polarstern. The four buoys operated together for 44 d, comprising a basin-scale quadrilateral from which the differential kinematic parameters of divergence, vorticity, shear, and stretch were extracted, as well as the large-scale pattern of motion. It is found that most deformation episodes were associated with atmospheric forcing events.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.3189/S0260305500007163
ISSN:	0260-3055
Date made live:	30 Oct 2018 09:23 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521373

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.3189/S0260305500007163

ISSN:

0260-3055

Date made live:

30 Oct 2018 09:23 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/521373