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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1551-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1551-2018
Research article
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02 May 2018
Research article |  | 02 May 2018

A new digital elevation model of Antarctica derived from CryoSat-2 altimetry

Thomas Slater, Andrew Shepherd, Malcolm McMillan, Alan Muir, Lin Gilbert, Anna E. Hogg, Hannes Konrad, and Tommaso Parrinello

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We present a new digital elevation model of Antarctica derived from 6 years of elevation measurements acquired by ESA's CryoSat-2 satellite radar altimeter. We compare our elevation model to an independent set of NASA IceBridge airborne laser altimeter measurements and find the overall accuracy to be 9.5 m – a value comparable to or better than that of other models derived from satellite altimetry. The new CryoSat-2 digital elevation model of Antarctica will be made freely available.
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