Status and trends in Antarctic sea ice and ice shelves
This session seeks papers that focus on Antarctic sea ice and ice shelves. From the satellite record, there have been seasonal and annual changes in sea ice extent that have manifested themselves regionally especially in the major Antarctic seas. At the same time portions of some Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves have collapsed and extensive bottom melting has been documented in other Antarctic ice shelves. In this session we welcome papers that address the status of Antarctic sea ice – properties, climatology, variability and trends - and examine contributors to these. Papers that examine the status of the ice shelves, change in ice shelves including ice shelf melt, possible links between ice shelf change, sea ice change, surface temperatures and ocean warming are similarly encouraged. Analyses that use both modeled and observed data are welcome.
Abstract deadline: 14 February 2014
More information: http://www.scar2014.com
Conveners: Marilyn Raphael (UCLA, USA), Ilana Wainer (USP, Brasil)
