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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2857-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2857-2021
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24 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 24 Jun 2021

A Bayesian approach towards daily pan-Arctic sea ice freeboard estimates from combined CryoSat-2 and Sentinel-3 satellite observations

William Gregory, Isobel R. Lawrence, and Michel Tsamados

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Satellite measurements of radar freeboard allow us to compute the thickness of sea ice from space; however attaining measurements across the entire Arctic basin typically takes up to 30 d. Here we present a statistical method which allows us to combine observations from three separate satellites to generate daily estimates of radar freeboard across the Arctic Basin. This helps us understand how sea ice thickness is changing on shorter timescales and what may be causing these changes.