A weekly Arctic sea-ice thickness data record from merged CryoSat-2 and SMOS satellite data

Ricker, Robert; Hendricks, Stefan; Kaleschke, Lars; Tian-Kunze, Xiangshan; King, Jennifer; Haas, Christian

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1607-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1607-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1607-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

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A weekly Arctic sea-ice thickness data record from merged CryoSat-2 and SMOS satellite data

Robert Ricker, Stefan Hendricks, Lars Kaleschke, Xiangshan Tian-Kunze, Jennifer King, and Christian Haas

Data sets

Helicopter-borne sea-ice thickness measurements from the 2014 IRO2 /ESA SMOSice campaign cruise in the Barents Sea region J. King, S. Gerland, G. Spreen, and M. Bratrein https://doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2016.ee8f4f8d

Short summary

We developed the first merging of CryoSat-2 and SMOS sea-ice thickness retrievals. ESA’s Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can detect thin sea ice, whereas its companion CryoSat-2, designed to observe thicker perennial sea ice, lacks sensitivity. Using these satellite missions together completes the picture of the changing Arctic sea ice and provides a more accurate and comprehensive view on the actual state of Arctic sea-ice thickness.