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Small-scale variability of snow properties on sea ice:

From snow pits to the SnowMicroPen

Stefanie Arndt 1 , Nicolas Stoll 1 , Arttu Jutila 1 , Stephan Paul 2

1 Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

2 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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The Antarctic sea-ice and snow cover

Sea-ice minimum

Sea-ice maximum Snow depth retrieved from ICESAT for winter (MJ) and spring (ON)

(Kern & Ozsoy-Cicek, 2016)

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Temporal evolution of surface properties of Antarctic sea ice

ocean Antarctic

snow ice

๏ Snow metamorphism

๏ Thaw-refreeze cycle

➡ Superimposed ice formation

winter spring summer autumn winter

Snow-ice Snow

accumulation

Ice layers

Internal snowmelt

Sea ice

Superimposed ice Internal snowmelt Metamorphic snow

Flooding Snow-ice

Snow

accumulation

Sea ice

๏ Flooding

๏ Flood-freeze cycle

➡ Snow-ice formation

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Temporal evolution of surface properties of Antarctic sea ice

ocean Antarctic

snow ice

๏ Snow metamorphism

๏ Thaw-refreeze cycle

➡ Superimposed ice formation

winter spring summer autumn winter

Snow-ice Snow

accumulation

Ice layers

Internal snowmelt

Sea ice

Superimposed ice Internal snowmelt Metamorphic snow

Flooding Snow-ice

Snow

accumulation

Sea ice

๏ Flooding

๏ Flood-freeze cycle

➡ Snow-ice formation

Objective

Quantifying seasonal snow processes

on local and regional scales by in-situ

observations

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