High-resolution mapping of circum-Antarctic landfast sea ice distribution, 2000–2018

Fraser, Alexander D.; Massom, Robert A.; Ohshima, Kay I.; Willmes, Sascha; Kappes, Peter J.; Cartwright, Jessica; Porter-Smith, Richard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2987-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2987-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-2987-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 4

Data description paper

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20 Nov 2020

Data description paper |

| 20 Nov 2020

High-resolution mapping of circum-Antarctic landfast sea ice distribution, 2000–2018

Alexander D. Fraser, Robert A. Massom, Kay I. Ohshima, Sascha Willmes, Peter J. Kappes, Jessica Cartwright, and Richard Porter-Smith

Data sets

Circum-Antarctic landfast sea ice extent, 2000-2018 Fraser, A.D. and Massom, R. https://doi.org/10.26179/5d267d1ceb60c

Short summary

Landfast ice, or fast ice, is a form of sea ice which is mechanically fastened to stationary parts of the coast. Long-term and accurate knowledge of its extent around Antarctica is critical for understanding a number of important Antarctic coastal processes, yet no accurate, large-scale, long-term dataset of its extent has been available. We address this data gap with this new dataset compiled from satellite imagery, containing high-resolution maps of Antarctic fast ice from 2000 to 2018.