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Research article
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25 Sep 2015
Research article |
| 25 Sep 2015
CryoSat-2 delivers monthly and inter-annual surface elevation change for Arctic ice caps
L. Gray
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada
D. Burgess
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada
L. Copland
Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada
M. N. Demuth
Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
K. Langley
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
T. V. Schuler
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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We show that the Cryosat (CS) radar altimeter can measure elevation change on a variety of Arctic ice caps. With the frequent coverage of Cryosat it is even possible to track summer surface height loss due to extensive melt; no other satellite altimeter has been able to do this. However, we also show that under cold conditions there is a bias between the surface and Cryosat detected elevation which varies with the conditions of the upper snow and firn layers.
We show that the Cryosat (CS) radar altimeter can measure elevation change on a variety of...
