Articles | Volume 15, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5323-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5323-2021
Research article
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02 Dec 2021
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2021

Antarctic snow-covered sea ice topography derivation from TanDEM-X using polarimetric SAR interferometry

Lanqing Huang, Georg Fischer, and Irena Hajnsek

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Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) IceBridge Data NSIDC - National Snow and Ice Data Center https://nsidc.org/data/icebridge

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This study shows an elevation difference between the radar interferometric measurements and the optical measurements from a coordinated campaign over the snow-covered deformed sea ice in the western Weddell Sea, Antarctica. The objective is to correct the penetration bias of microwaves and to generate a precise sea ice topographic map, including the snow depth on top. Excellent performance for sea ice topographic retrieval is achieved with the proposed model and the developed retrieval scheme.