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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4223-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4223-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
11 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 11 Oct 2022
| 11 Oct 2022
Rain on snow (ROS) understudied in sea ice remote sensing: a multi-sensor analysis of ROS during MOSAiC (Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate)
Julienne Stroeve
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Department of Earth Science, University College London, UK
Vishnu Nandan
Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Canada
Rosemary Willatt
Department of Earth Science, University College London, UK
Ruzica Dadic
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Philip Rostosky
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Michael Gallagher
University of Colorado, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA
Robbie Mallett
Department of Earth Science, University College London, UK
Andrew Barrett
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Stefan Hendricks
Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany
Rasmus Tonboe
Department of Space Research and Technology – Microwaves and Remote Sensing, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Michelle McCrystall
Centre for Earth Observation Science (CEOS), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Mark Serreze
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
Linda Thielke
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Gunnar Spreen
Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Thomas Newman
Department of Earth Science, University College London, UK
John Yackel
Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Canada
Robert Ricker
Norwegian Research Centre, Tromsø, Norway
Michel Tsamados
Department of Earth Science, University College London, UK
Amy Macfarlane
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Henna-Reetta Hannula
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Martin Schneebeli
WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, Davos, Switzerland
Data sets
Surface-based Ku- and Ka-band polarimetric radar for sea ice studies (http://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01437) J. Stroeve, V. Nandan, R. Willatt, R. Tonboe, S. Hendricks, R. Ricker, J. Mead, R. Mallett, M. Huntemann, P. Itkin, M. Schneebeli, D. Krampe, G. Spreen, J. Wilkinson, I. Matero, M. Hoppmann, and M. Tsamados https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4405-2020
Short summary
Impacts of rain on snow (ROS) on satellite-retrieved sea ice variables remain to be fully understood. This study evaluates the impacts of ROS over sea ice on active and passive microwave data collected during the 2019–20 MOSAiC expedition. Rainfall and subsequent refreezing of the snowpack significantly altered emitted and backscattered radar energy, laying important groundwork for understanding their impacts on operational satellite retrievals of various sea ice geophysical variables.
Impacts of rain on snow (ROS) on satellite-retrieved sea ice variables remain to be fully...
