Estimating the snow depth, the snow–ice interface temperature, and the effective temperature of Arctic sea ice using Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 and  ice mass balance buoy data

Kilic, Lise; Tonboe, Rasmus Tage; Prigent, Catherine; Heygster, Georg

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1283-2019

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1283-2019

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

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1283-2019

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

Articles | Volume 13, issue 4

Research article

|

18 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 18 Apr 2019

Estimating the snow depth, the snow–ice interface temperature, and the effective temperature of Arctic sea ice using Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 and ice mass balance buoy data

Lise Kilic, Rasmus Tage Tonboe, Catherine Prigent, and Georg Heygster

Data sets

Rasmus Reference dataset for sea ice concentration L. T. Pedersen, R. Saldo, N. Ivanova, S. Kern, G. Heygster, R. Tonboe, M. Huntemann, B. Ozsoy, F. Ardhuin, and L. Kaleschke https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.6626549.v3

Short summary

In this study, we develop and present simple algorithms to derive the snow depth, the snow–ice interface temperature, and the effective temperature of Arctic sea ice. This is achieved using satellite observations collocated with buoy measurements. The errors of the retrieved parameters are estimated and compared with independent data. These parameters are useful for sea ice concentration mapping, understanding sea ice properties and variability, and for atmospheric sounding applications.