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Research article
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14 Mar 2019
Research article |
| 14 Mar 2019
| 14 Mar 2019
Retrieval of snow freeboard of Antarctic sea ice using waveform fitting of CryoSat-2 returns
Steven W. Fons
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Nathan T. Kurtz
Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
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- Estimating early-winter Antarctic sea ice thickness from deformed ice morphology M. Mei et al. 10.5194/tc-13-2915-2019
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- Advances in altimetric snow depth estimates using bi-frequency SARAL and CryoSat-2 Ka–Ku measurements F. Garnier et al. 10.5194/tc-15-5483-2021
- Fast Ice Thickness Distribution in the Western Ross Sea in Late Spring P. Langhorne et al. 10.1029/2022JC019459
- A decade-plus of Antarctic sea ice thickness and volume estimates from CryoSat-2 using a physical model and waveform fitting S. Fons et al. 10.5194/tc-17-2487-2023
- Estimating early-winter Antarctic sea ice thickness from deformed ice morphology M. Mei et al. 10.5194/tc-13-2915-2019
- Sea Ice Roughness Overlooked as a Key Source of Uncertainty in CryoSat‐2 Ice Freeboard Retrievals J. Landy et al. 10.1029/2019JC015820
- Satellite altimetry detection of ice-shelf-influenced fast ice G. Brett et al. 10.5194/tc-15-4099-2021
- From snow accumulation to snow depth distributions by quantifying meteoric ice fractions in the Weddell Sea S. Arndt et al. 10.5194/tc-18-2001-2024
- A combined multi-source data and deep learning approach for retrieving snow depth on Antarctic Sea ice during the melting season Z. Yan et al. 10.1080/17538947.2024.2376260
- Arctic Snow Depth and Sea Ice Thickness From ICESat‐2 and CryoSat‐2 Freeboards: A First Examination R. Kwok et al. 10.1029/2019JC016008
- Climate change impacts on sea-ice ecosystems and associated ecosystem services N. Steiner et al. 10.1525/elementa.2021.00007
- A comparison between Envisat and ICESat sea ice thickness in the Southern Ocean J. Wang et al. 10.5194/tc-16-4473-2022
- Assessing CryoSat‐2 Antarctic Snow Freeboard Retrievals Using Data From ICESat‐2 S. Fons et al. 10.1029/2021EA001728
- Multi-frequency altimetry snow depth estimates over heterogeneous snow-covered Antarctic summer sea ice – Part 1: C∕S-, Ku-, and Ka-band airborne observations R. Fredensborg Hansen et al. 10.5194/tc-19-4167-2025
- Sensitivity of Radar Altimeter Waveform to Changes in Sea Ice Type at Resolution of Synthetic Aperture Radar W. Aldenhoff et al. 10.3390/rs11222602
- Sensitivity of Sea Ice Growth to Snow Properties in Opposing Regions of the Weddell Sea in Late Summer S. Arndt 10.1029/2022GL099653
- The Scientific Legacy of NASA’s Operation IceBridge J. MacGregor et al. 10.1029/2020RG000712
- Multi-frequency altimetry snow depth estimates over heterogeneous snow-covered Antarctic summer sea ice – Part 2: Comparing airborne estimates with near-coincident CryoSat-2 and ICESat-2 (CRYO2ICE) R. Fredensborg Hansen et al. 10.5194/tc-19-4193-2025
- Monitoring Earth’s climate variables with satellite laser altimetry L. Magruder et al. 10.1038/s43017-023-00508-8
- Sea Ice Thickness in the Western Ross Sea W. Rack et al. 10.1029/2020GL090866
Latest update: 09 Oct 2025
Short summary
A method to measure the snow freeboard of Antarctic sea ice from CryoSat-2 data is developed. Through comparisons with data from airborne campaigns and another satellite mission, we find that this method can reasonably retrieve snow freeboard across the Antarctic and shows promise in retrieving snow depth in certain locations. Snow freeboard data from CryoSat-2 are important because they enable the calculation of sea ice thickness and help to better understand snow depth on Antarctic sea ice.
A method to measure the snow freeboard of Antarctic sea ice from CryoSat-2 data is developed....
