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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4405-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4405-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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04 Dec 2020
Research article |
| 04 Dec 2020
| 04 Dec 2020
Surface-based Ku- and Ka-band polarimetric radar for sea ice studies
Julienne Stroeve
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, 535
Wallace Building, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
Earth Sciences Department, University College London, Gower Street,
London, WC1E 6BT, UK
National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, 1540
30th Street, Boulder, CO 80302, USA
Vishnu Nandan
Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, 535
Wallace Building, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2, Canada
Rosemary Willatt
Earth Sciences Department, University College London, Gower Street,
London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Rasmus Tonboe
Danish Meteorological Institute, Lyngbyvej 100, 2100 Copenhagen,
Denmark
Stefan Hendricks
Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven,
Germany
Robert Ricker
Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven,
Germany
James Mead
ProSensing, 107 Sunderland Road, Amherst, MA 01002-1357, USA
Robbie Mallett
Earth Sciences Department, University College London, Gower Street,
London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Marcus Huntemann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven,
Germany
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen,
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Polona Itkin
Department of Physics and
Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, 9019, Norway
Martin Schneebeli
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Fluelastrasse 11,
7260 Davos Dorf, Switzerland
Daniela Krampe
Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven,
Germany
Gunnar Spreen
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen,
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Jeremy Wilkinson
British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge,
CB3 0ET, UK
Ilkka Matero
Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven,
Germany
Mario Hoppmann
Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven,
Germany
Michel Tsamados
Earth Sciences Department, University College London, Gower Street,
London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Short summary
This study provides a first look at the data collected by a new dual-frequency Ka- and Ku-band in situ radar over winter sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. The instrument shows potential for using both bands to retrieve snow depth over sea ice, as well as sensitivity of the measurements to changing snow and atmospheric conditions.
This study provides a first look at the data collected by a new dual-frequency Ka- and Ku-band...
