Estimating snow depth over Arctic sea ice from calibrated dual-frequency radar freeboards

Lawrence, Isobel R.; Tsamados, Michel C.; Stroeve, Julienne C.; Armitage, Thomas W. K.; Ridout, Andy L.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3551-2018

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3551-2018

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-3551-2018

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

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

Research article

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13 Nov 2018

Research article |

| 13 Nov 2018

Estimating snow depth over Arctic sea ice from calibrated dual-frequency radar freeboards

Isobel R. Lawrence, Michel C. Tsamados, Julienne C. Stroeve, Thomas W. K. Armitage, and Andy L. Ridout

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Final revised paper (published on 13 Nov 2018)
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RC1: 'Review for « Estimating snow depth over arctic sea ice from calibrated dual-frequency radar freeboards » by Lawrence et al.', Kevin Guerreiro, 12 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Author Responses to RC1', Isobel Lawrence, 15 Aug 2018
RC2: 'Review of "Estimating snow depth over Arctic sea ice from calibrated dual-frequency radar freeboards"', Anonymous Referee #2, 29 May 2018
- AC2: 'Author Responses to RC2', Isobel Lawrence, 15 Aug 2018

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

AR by Isobel Lawrence on behalf of the Authors (15 Aug 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Aug 2018) by Dirk Notz

RR by Kevin Guerreiro (03 Sep 2018)

ED: Publish as is (25 Oct 2018) by Dirk Notz

AR by Isobel Lawrence on behalf of the Authors (26 Oct 2018)

Short summary

In this paper we estimate the thickness of snow cover on Arctic sea ice from space. We use data from two radar altimeter satellites, AltiKa and CryoSat-2, that have been operating synchronously since 2013. We produce maps of monthly average snow depth for the four growth seasons (October to April): 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015, and 2015–2016. Snow depth estimates are essential for the accurate retrieval of sea ice thickness from satellite altimetry.