Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Three-dimensional imaging of waves and floes in the marginal ice zone during a cyclone

  • Alberto Alberello,
  • Luke G. Bennetts,
  • Miguel Onorato,
  • Marcello Vichi,
  • Keith MacHutchon,
  • Clare Eayrs,
  • Butteur Ntamba Ntamba,
  • Alvise Benetazzo,
  • Filippo Bergamasco,
  • Filippo Nelli,
  • Rohinee Pattani,
  • Hans Clarke,
  • Ippolita Tersigni,
  • Alessandro Toffoli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32036-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Unprecedented 3D imaging of waves and sea ice floes from a moving icebreaker in the Antarctic marginal ice zone during a polar cyclone reveals a complex wind-plus-swell sea state, where contrasting ice-driven attenuation and wind forcing coexist.