Utilisation of CryoSat-2 SAR altimeter in operational ice charting

Rinne, E.; Similä, M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-121-2016

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-121-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-10-121-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

Research article

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18 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 18 Jan 2016

Utilisation of CryoSat-2 SAR altimeter in operational ice charting

E. Rinne and M. Similä

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Final revised paper (published on 18 Jan 2016)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C1422: 'Review of "Utilisation of CryoSat-2 SAR altimeter in operational ice charting"', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Aug 2015
- AC C2170: 'Response to comments by anonymous reviewer #1', Eero Rinne, 06 Nov 2015
SC C1453: 'Comment on UCL NRT product by Andrew Shepherd', Andrew Shepherd, 20 Aug 2015
- AC C2134: 'Validation of the UCL Near Real time CS-2 product.', Eero Rinne, 03 Nov 2015
RC C1668: 'Review of Rinne and Simila', Anonymous Referee #2, 17 Sep 2015
- AC C2167: 'Response to the comments of reviewer #2', Eero Rinne, 06 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Eero Rinne on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2015) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Dec 2015) by Olaf Eisen

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 Dec 2015)

ED: Publish as is (17 Dec 2015) by Olaf Eisen

AR by Eero Rinne on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2015)

Short summary

This paper demonstrates the use of the CryoSat-2 SAR altimeter in operational ice charting. We take CryoSat-2 data and compare them to ice charts over the sea-ice-covered regions in the Barents and Kara seas. We also present an automatic classification method for CryoSat-2 measurements that could be used to support navigation. We conclude that SAR altimeter measurements can be valuable to operational ice charting if other data sources are unavailable.