Articles | Volume 15, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2167-2021
Research article
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04 May 2021
Research article |  | 04 May 2021

Linking sea ice deformation to ice thickness redistribution using high-resolution satellite and airborne observations

Luisa von Albedyll, Christian Haas, and Wolfgang Dierking

Data sets

Snow and ice thickness from airborne electromagnetic (EM) induction sounding over polynya event and surrounding multi-year ice off the North Coast of Greenland in March 2018, 2018-03-30 Jan Rohde, Andreas Herber, Stefan Hendricks, and Christian Haas https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927445

Snow and ice thickness from airborne electromagnetic (EM) induction sounding over polynya event and surrounding multi-year ice off the North Coast of Greenland in March 2018, 2018-03-31 Jan Rohde, Andreas Herber, Stefan Hendricks, and Christian Haas https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927448

High resolution sea ice drift and deformation off the North Coast of Greenland in March 2018 Luisa von Albedyll, Christian Haas, and Wolfgang Dierking https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.927451

Low resolution sea ice drift product EUMETSAT Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI SAF) http://osisaf.met.no/p/ice/lr_ice_drift.html

Polar Pathfinder Daily 25 km EASE-Grid Sea Ice Motion Vectors, Version 4.1 M., Tschudi, W. N. Meier, J. S. Stewart, C. Fowler, and J. Maslanik https://doi.org/10.5067/INAWUWO7QH7B

IceBridge Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness Quick Look, Version 1. [22 March 2018] Operation Icebridge https://doi.org/10.5067/GRIXZ91DE0L9

Model code and software

ESA Sentinel Application Platform v8.0 SNAP http://step.esa.int

Video supplement

Time series of SAR images from March 1 to 31, 2018 in a polynya closing event, North Greenland Luisa von Albedyll https://doi.org/10.5446/50650

Time series of divergence and shear from March 1 to 31, 2018 in a polynya closing event, North Greenland Luisa von Albedyll https://doi.org/10.5446/49540

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Short summary
Convergent sea ice motion produces a thick ice cover through ridging. We studied sea ice deformation derived from high-resolution satellite imagery and related it to the corresponding thickness change. We found that deformation explains the observed dynamic thickness change. We show that deformation can be used to model realistic ice thickness distributions. Our results revealed new relationships between thickness redistribution and deformation that could improve sea ice models.