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Faster decline and higher variability in the sea ice thickness of the marginal Arctic seas when accounting for dynamic snow cover
Robbie D. C. Mallett
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Julienne C. Stroeve
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK
National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Michel Tsamados
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Jack C. Landy
School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
Rosemary Willatt
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Earth Sciences, University College London, London, UK
Vishnu Nandan
Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Glen E. Liston
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Short summary
We re-estimate pan-Arctic sea ice thickness (SIT) values by combining data from the Envisat and CryoSat-2 missions with data from a new, reanalysis-driven snow model. Because a decreasing amount of ice is being hidden below the waterline by the weight of overlying snow, we argue that SIT may be declining faster than previously calculated in some regions. Because the snow product varies from year to year, our new SIT calculations also display much more year-to-year variability.
We re-estimate pan-Arctic sea ice thickness (SIT) values by combining data from the Envisat and...
