Assessment of contemporary satellite sea ice thickness products for Arctic sea ice

Sallila, Heidi; Farrell, Sinéad Louise; McCurry, Joshua; Rinne, Eero

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1187-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1187-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1187-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Research article

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12 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 12 Apr 2019

Assessment of contemporary satellite sea ice thickness products for Arctic sea ice

Heidi Sallila, Sinéad Louise Farrell, Joshua McCurry, and Eero Rinne

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'Potential issue in Figure 5', Stefan Hendricks, 26 Sep 2018
- SC2: 'Also noted for the GSFC product', Nathan Kurtz, 26 Sep 2018
  - AC4: 'Response to SC2', Heidi Sallila, 01 Feb 2019
- AC3: 'Response to SC1', Heidi Sallila, 30 Jan 2019
SC3: 'CPOM website url does not work', Nic Wayand, 27 Sep 2018
- SC4: 'UCL website', Eero Rinne, 10 Oct 2018
  - AC2: 'Response to SC4', Heidi Sallila, 30 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'Response to SC3', Heidi Sallila, 30 Jan 2019
RC1: 'Review for The Cryosphere Discuss. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-197', Jack Landy, 09 Oct 2018
- AC7: 'Response to RC1', Heidi Sallila, 20 Mar 2019
RC2: 'Review of "Assessment of Contemporary Satellite Sea Ice Thickness Products of Arctic Sea ice" by Sallila et al.', Thomas Armitage, 17 Oct 2018
- AC6: 'Response to RC2', Heidi Sallila, 19 Mar 2019
RC3: 'Review of "Assessment of Contemporary Satellite Sea Ice Thickness Products for Arctic Sea Ice" by Sallila et al.', Robert Ricker, 04 Nov 2018
- AC5: 'Response to RC3', Heidi Sallila, 19 Mar 2019
AC8: 'Response to RC1, RC2 and RC3 - manuscript with review edits', Heidi Sallila, 21 Mar 2019

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

AR by Heidi Sallila on behalf of the Authors (21 Mar 2019)

ED: Publish as is (27 Mar 2019) by John Yackel

AR by Heidi Sallila on behalf of the Authors (31 Mar 2019)

Short summary

We assess 8 years of sea ice thickness observations derived from measurements of CryoSat-2 (CS2), AVHRR and SMOS satellites, collating key details of primary interest to users. We find a number of differences among data products but find that CS2 measurements are reliable for sea ice thickness, particularly between ~ 0.5 and 4 m. Regional comparisons reveal noticeable differences in ice thickness between products, particularly in the marginal seas in areas of considerable ship traffic.