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Research article
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31 May 2016
Research article |
| 31 May 2016
Characterizing Arctic sea ice topography using high-resolution IceBridge data
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Michel C. Tsamados
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Nathan T. Kurtz
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Sinead L. Farrell
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, College Park, Maryland, USA
Thomas Newman
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction, College Park, Maryland, USA
Jeremy P. Harbeck
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Daniel L. Feltham
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, UK
Jackie A. Richter-Menge
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
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Short summary
This study presents an analysis of Arctic sea ice topography using high-resolution, three-dimensional surface elevation data from the Airborne Topographic Mapper (ATM) laser altimeter, flown as part of NASA's Operation IceBridge mission. We describe and implement a newly developed sea ice surface feature-picking algorithm and derive novel information regarding the height, volume and geometry of surface features over the western Arctic sea ice cover.
This study presents an analysis of Arctic sea ice topography using high-resolution,...
