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River ice phenology and thickness from satellite altimetry: potential for ice bridge road operation and climate studies
Elena Zakharova
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Water Problems Institute, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
EOLA, Toulouse, France
Svetlana Agafonova
Department of Land Hydrology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Claude Duguay
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
H2O Geomatics, Waterloo, Canada
Natalia Frolova
Department of Land Hydrology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Alexei Kouraev
LEGOS, Université de Toulouse, CNES, CNRS, IRD, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Short summary
The paper investigates the performance of altimetric satellite instruments to detect river ice onset and melting dates and to retrieve ice thickness of the Ob River. This is a first attempt to use satellite altimetry for monitoring ice in the challenging conditions restrained by the object size. A novel approach permitted elaboration of the spatiotemporal ice thickness product for the 400 km river reach. The potential of the product for prediction of ice road operation was demonstrated.
The paper investigates the performance of altimetric satellite instruments to detect river ice...
