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Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
The Cryosphere, 12, 2789–2801, 2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2789-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
The Cryosphere, 12, 2789–2801, 2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2789-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 8

Research article 30 Aug 2018

Research article | 30 Aug 2018

Three years of sea ice freeboard, snow depth, and ice thickness of the Weddell Sea from Operation IceBridge and CryoSat-2

Ron Kwok and Sahra Kacimi

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The variability of snow depth and ice thickness in three years of repeat surveys of an IceBridge (OIB) transect across the Weddell Sea is examined. Retrieved thicknesses suggest a highly variable but broadly thicker ice cover compared to that inferred from drilling and ship-based measurements. The use of lidar and radar altimeters to estimate snow depth for thickness calculations is analyzed, and the need for better characterization of biases due to radar penetration effects is highlighted.
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