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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2571-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2571-2017
© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
13 Nov 2017
Research article |
| 13 Nov 2017
Intercomparison of snow depth retrievals over Arctic sea ice from radar data acquired by Operation IceBridge
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,
Pasadena, California, USA
Nathan T. Kurtz
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Ludovic Brucker
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Universities Space Research Association, Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and
Research Studies and Investigations, Columbia, MD, USA
Alvaro Ivanoff
ADNET Systems Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Thomas Newman
Department of Atmospheric Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sinead L. Farrell
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland, USA
Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry, Satellite Oceanography and
Climatology Division, NOAA Center for Weather and Climate Prediction,
College Park, Maryland, USA
Joshua King
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Stephen Howell
Climate Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Melinda A. Webster
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
John Paden
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, The University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Carl Leuschen
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, The University of Kansas,
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Joseph A. MacGregor
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Jacqueline Richter-Menge
Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
Jeremy Harbeck
ADNET Systems Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Mark Tschudi
Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Data sets
IceBridge L4 Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness, Version 1 National Snow & Ice Data Center https://doi.org/10.5067/G519SHCKWQV6
Short summary
Since 2009, the ultra-wideband snow radar on Operation IceBridge has acquired data in annual campaigns conducted during the Arctic and Antarctic springs. Existing snow depth retrieval algorithms differ in the way the air–snow and snow–ice interfaces are detected and localized in the radar returns and in how the system limitations are addressed. Here, we assess five retrieval algorithms by comparisons with field measurements, ground-based campaigns, and analyzed fields of snow depth.
Since 2009, the ultra-wideband snow radar on Operation IceBridge has acquired data in annual...
