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
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

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06 Jul 2017

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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

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RC1: 'Anonymous Referee Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Review of Ricker et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Mar 2017
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Robert Ricker, 15 May 2017
AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Robert Ricker, 15 May 2017

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AR by Robert Ricker on behalf of the Authors (15 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 May 2017) by Julienne Stroeve

AR by Robert Ricker on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2017)

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.