Sea ice local surface topography from single-pass satellite InSAR measurements: a feasibility study

Dierking, Wolfgang; Lang, Oliver; Busche, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1967-2017

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1967-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1967-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Research article

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29 Aug 2017

Research article |

| 29 Aug 2017

Sea ice local surface topography from single-pass satellite InSAR measurements: a feasibility study

Wolfgang Dierking, Oliver Lang, and Thomas Busche

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RC1: 'Review of “Sea ice local surface topography from single-pass satellite InSAR measurements: a feasibility study” by Wolfgang Dierking, Oliver Lang, and Thomas Busche.', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Dierking et al. response to Referee 1', Wolfgang Dierking, 21 Jun 2017
RC2: 'Review of “Sea ice local surface topography from single-pass satellite InSAR measurements: a feasibility study” by Wolfgang Dierking and others', Andrew Mahoney, 10 Apr 2017
- AC3: 'Dierking et al. response to Referee 2', Wolfgang Dierking, 21 Jun 2017
AC2: 'Manuscript with marked changes', Wolfgang Dierking, 21 Jun 2017

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

AR by Wolfgang Dierking on behalf of the Authors (21 Jun 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (08 Jul 2017) by Lars Kaleschke

AR by Wolfgang Dierking on behalf of the Authors (12 Jul 2017) Manuscript

Short summary

Information on the sea ice surface topography is valuable in geophysical investigations such as studies on atmosphere–sea ice interactions or sea ice mechanics. We investigated whether space-borne radar systems can be used to measure sea ice elevation. The answer is yes, but disturbing effects have to be considered, in particular sea ice drift and certain technical constraints. With future satellite radar missions, a fast wide-coverage acquisition of sea ice topography may be possible.