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Research article
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08 Jul 2016
Research article |
| 08 Jul 2016
About the consistency between Envisat and CryoSat-2 radar freeboard retrieval over Antarctic sea ice
Sandra Schwegmann
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Eero Rinne
Finnish Meteorological Institute, Marine Research, Erik Palménin aukio 1, 00560 Helsinki, Finland
Robert Ricker
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Stefan Hendricks
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Veit Helm
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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Short summary
Our study aimed to investigate whether CS-2 and Envisat radar freeboard can be merged without intermission biases in order to obtain a 20-year data set. The comparison revealed a reasonable regional agreement between radar freeboards derived from both sensors. Differences are mostly below 0.1 m for modal freeboard and even less for mean freeboard over winter months (May–October). The highest differences occur in regions with multi-year sea ice and along the coasts.
Our study aimed to investigate whether CS-2 and Envisat radar freeboard can be merged without...
