Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1409-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1409-2019
Research article
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02 May 2019
Research article |  | 02 May 2019

Snow-driven uncertainty in CryoSat-2-derived Antarctic sea ice thickness – insights from McMurdo Sound

Daniel Price, Iman Soltanzadeh, Wolfgang Rack, and Ethan Dale

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Snow depth on Antarctic sea ice is poorly mapped. We examine the usefulness of various snow products to provide snow depth information over Antarctic fast ice in McMurdo Sound, with a focus on a novel approach using a high-resolution numerical snow accumulation model. We find the model performs better than existing snow products from reanalysis products. However, when combining this information with satellite data to retrieve sea ice thickness, large uncertainties in thickness remain.
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