Estimating instantaneous sea-ice dynamics from space using the bi-static radar measurements of Earth Explorer 10 candidate Harmony

Kleinherenbrink, Marcel; Korosov, Anton; Newman, Thomas; Theodosiou, Andreas; Komarov, Alexander S.; Li, Yuanhao; Mulder, Gert; Rampal, Pierre; Stroeve, Julienne; Lopez-Dekker, Paco

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3101-2021

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3101-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3101-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

Research article

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06 Jul 2021

Research article |

| 06 Jul 2021

Estimating instantaneous sea-ice dynamics from space using the bi-static radar measurements of Earth Explorer 10 candidate Harmony

Marcel Kleinherenbrink, Anton Korosov, Thomas Newman, Andreas Theodosiou, Alexander S. Komarov, Yuanhao Li, Gert Mulder, Pierre Rampal, Julienne Stroeve, and Paco Lopez-Dekker

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RC1: 'Review tc-2020-245', Wolfgang Dierking, 26 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Marcel Kleinherenbrink, 18 Mar 2021
RC2: 'tc-2020-245', Leif Toudal Pedersen, 17 Feb 2021
- AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Marcel Kleinherenbrink, 18 Mar 2021

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (19 Mar 2021) by Chris Derksen

AR by Marcel Kleinherenbrink on behalf of the Authors (07 Apr 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Apr 2021) by Chris Derksen

AR by Marcel Kleinherenbrink on behalf of the Authors (15 Apr 2021) Manuscript

Short summary

Harmony is one of the Earth Explorer 10 candidates that has the chance of being selected for launch in 2028. The mission consists of two satellites that fly in formation with Sentinel-1D, which carries a side-looking radar system. By receiving Sentinel-1's signals reflected from the surface, Harmony is able to observe instantaneous elevation and two-dimensional velocity at the surface. As such, Harmony's data allow the retrieval of sea-ice drift and wave spectra in sea-ice-covered regions.