Arctic Mission Benefit Analysis: impact of sea ice thickness, freeboard, and snow depth products on sea ice forecast performance

Kaminski, Thomas; Kauker, Frank; Toudal Pedersen, Leif; Voßbeck, Michael; Haak, Helmuth; Niederdrenk, Laura; Hendricks, Stefan; Ricker, Robert; Karcher, Michael; Eicken, Hajo; Gråbak, Ola

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2569-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2569-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2569-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

Research article

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13 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 13 Aug 2018

Arctic Mission Benefit Analysis: impact of sea ice thickness, freeboard, and snow depth products on sea ice forecast performance

Thomas Kaminski, Frank Kauker, Leif Toudal Pedersen, Michael Voßbeck, Helmuth Haak, Laura Niederdrenk, Stefan Hendricks, Robert Ricker, Michael Karcher, Hajo Eicken, and Ola Gråbak

Data sets

Prior and posterior uncertainties of sea ice volume and snow volume T. Kaminski https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1308857

Short summary

We present mathematically rigorous assessments of the observation impact (added value) of remote-sensing products and in terms of the uncertainty reduction in a 4-week forecast of sea ice volume and snow volume for three regions along the Northern Sea Route by a coupled model of the sea-ice–ocean system. We quantify the difference in impact between rawer (freeboard) and higher-level (sea ice thickness) products, and the impact of adding a snow depth product.