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Advances in altimetric snow depth estimates using bi-frequency SARAL and CryoSat-2 Ka–Ku measurements
Florent Garnier
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Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), CNRS/UMR5566, Université Paul Sabbatier, 31400 Toulouse, France
Sara Fleury
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), CNRS/UMR5566, Université Paul Sabbatier, 31400 Toulouse, France
Gilles Garric
Mercator Ocean, 31520 Ramonville Saint Agne, France
Jérôme Bouffard
Earth Observation Directorate, ESA (European Space Agency), Via Galileo Galilei, 2-00044 Frascati, Italy
Michel Tsamados
Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, Department of Earth Sciences, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
Antoine Laforge
Serco c/o ESA, Earth Observation Directorate, Via Galileo Galilei, 2-00044 Frascati, Italy
Marion Bocquet
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), CNRS/UMR5566, Université Paul Sabbatier, 31400 Toulouse, France
Renée Mie Fredensborg Hansen
Earth Observation Directorate, ESA (European Space Agency), Via Galileo Galilei, 2-00044 Frascati, Italy
Frédérique Remy
Laboratoire d'Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), CNRS/UMR5566, Université Paul Sabbatier, 31400 Toulouse, France
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Short summary
Snow depth data are essential to monitor the impacts of climate change on sea ice volume variations and their impacts on the climate system. For that purpose, we present and assess the altimetric snow depth product, computed in both hemispheres from CryoSat-2 and SARAL satellite data. The use of these data instead of the common climatology reduces the sea ice thickness by about 30 cm over the 2013–2019 period. These data are also crucial to argue for the launch of the CRISTAL satellite mission.
Snow depth data are essential to monitor the impacts of climate change on sea ice volume...
