Thickness distribution and extent of sea ice and snow in Prydz Bay and surrounding waters observed in 2012/2013 austral summer  

作　　者：CHENG Peng HAN Hongwei LEI Ruibo LI Zhijun LU Peng 

机构地区：[1]State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering,Dalian University of Technology [2]Polar Research Institute of China

出　　处：《Advances in Polar Science》2014年第1期1-9,共9页极地科学进展（英文版）

基　　金：supported by the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant no.51221961);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant no.2010 CB950301);the International Science and Technology Cooperation Project(Grant no.2011DFA22260)

摘　　要：Three ship-based observational campaigns were conducted to survey sea ice and snow in Prydz Bay and the surrounding waters （64.40＆#176;S-69.40＆#176;S, 76.11＆#176;E-81.29＆#176;E） from 28 November 2012 to 3 February 2013. In this paper, we present the sea ice extent and its variation, and the ice and snow thickness distributions and their variations with time in the observed zone. In the pack ice zone, the southern edge of the pack ice changed little, whereas the northern edge retreated signiifcantly during the two earlier observation periods. Compared with the pack ice, the fast ice exhibited a signiifcantly slower variation in extent with its northernmost edge retreating southwards by 6.7 km at a rate of 0.37 km？d-1. Generally, ice showed an increment in thickness with increasing latitude from the end of November to the middle of December. Ice and snow thickness followed an approximate normal distribution during the two earlier observations （79.7＆#177;28.9 cm, 79.1＆#177;19.1 cm for ice thickness, and 11.6＆#177;6.1 cm, 9.6＆#177;3.4 cm for snow thickness, respectively）, and the distribution tended to be more concentrated in mid-December than in late November. The expected value of ice thickness decreased by 0.6 cm, whereas that of snow thickness decreased by 2 cm from 28 November to 18 December 2012. Ice thickness distribution showed no obvious regularity between 31 January and 3 February, 2013.Three ship-based observational campaigns were conducted to survey sea ice and snow in Prydz Bay and the surrounding waters （64.40＆#176;S-69.40＆#176;S, 76.11＆#176;E-81.29＆#176;E） from 28 November 2012 to 3 February 2013. In this paper, we present the sea ice extent and its variation, and the ice and snow thickness distributions and their variations with time in the observed zone. In the pack ice zone, the southern edge of the pack ice changed little, whereas the northern edge retreated signiifcantly during the two earlier observation periods. Compared with the pack ice, the fast ice exhibited a signiifcantly slower variation in extent with its northernmost edge retreating southwards by 6.7 km at a rate of 0.37 km？d-1. Generally, ice showed an increment in thickness with increasing latitude from the end of November to the middle of December. Ice and snow thickness followed an approximate normal distribution during the two earlier observations （79.7＆#177;28.9 cm, 79.1＆#177;19.1 cm for ice thickness, and 11.6＆#177;6.1 cm, 9.6＆#177;3.4 cm for snow thickness, respectively）, and the distribution tended to be more concentrated in mid-December than in late November. The expected value of ice thickness decreased by 0.6 cm, whereas that of snow thickness decreased by 2 cm from 28 November to 18 December 2012. Ice thickness distribution showed no obvious regularity between 31 January and 3 February, 2013.

关 键 词：sea ice SNOW thickness SUMMER Prydz Bay 

分 类 号：P343.6[天文地球—水文科学]