Variability scaling and consistency in airborne and satellite altimetry measurements of Arctic sea ice

Xu, Shiming; Zhou, Lu; Wang, Bin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-751-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-751-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-751-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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02 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 02 Mar 2020

Variability scaling and consistency in airborne and satellite altimetry measurements of Arctic sea ice

Shiming Xu, Lu Zhou, and Bin Wang

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Final revised paper (published on 02 Mar 2020)
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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Nov 2019
- AC1: 'Reply to comments from referee #1', Shiming Xu, 11 Jan 2020
RC2: 'tc-2019-220 Variability Scaling and Consistency of Airborne and Satellite Altimetry Measurements of Arctic Sea Ice, Shiming Xu, Lu Zhou, and Bin Wang', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Dec 2019
- AC2: 'Reply to comments from referee #2', Shiming Xu, 11 Jan 2020
RC3: 'Review of Xu et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 16 Dec 2019
- AC3: 'Reply to comments from referee #3', Shiming Xu, 11 Jan 2020

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

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Jan 2020) by John Yackel

AR by Shiming Xu on behalf of the Authors (22 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (05 Feb 2020) by John Yackel

AR by Shiming Xu on behalf of the Authors (05 Feb 2020)

Short summary

Sea ice thickness parameters are key to polar climate change studies and forecasts. Airborne and satellite measurements provide complementary observational capabilities. The study analyzes the variability in freeboard and snow depth measurements and its changes with scale in Operation IceBridge, CryoVEx, CryoSat-2 and ICESat. Consistency between airborne and satellite data is checked. Analysis calls for process-oriented attribution of variability and covariability features of these parameters.