Comparison of a coupled snow thermodynamic and radiative transfer model with in situ active microwave signatures of snow-covered smooth first-year sea ice

Fuller, M. C.; Geldsetzer, T.; Yackel, J.; Gill, J. P. S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2149-2015

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2149-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-2149-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 6

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18 Nov 2015

Research article |

| 18 Nov 2015

Comparison of a coupled snow thermodynamic and radiative transfer model with in situ active microwave signatures of snow-covered smooth first-year sea ice

M. C. Fuller, T. Geldsetzer, J. Yackel, and J. P. S. Gill

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RC C1339: 'Manuscript review', Olivier Lecomte, 29 Jul 2015
- AC C1724: 'Fuller et al Response to Reviewer 1 (R1)', Chris Fuller, 25 Sep 2015
RC C1490: 'Review for manuscript tcd-9-3293-2015 « Comparison of a coupled snow thermodynamic and radiative transfer model with in-situ active microwave signatures of snow-covered smooth first-year sea ice »', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Aug 2015
- AC C1736: 'Fuller et al 2015 Reviewer 2 (R2)', Chris Fuller, 25 Sep 2015

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AR by Chris Fuller on behalf of the Authors (30 Sep 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (29 Oct 2015) by Daniel Feltham

AR by Chris Fuller on behalf of the Authors (04 Nov 2015)

Short summary

We modeled snow (based on weather variables) to simulate microwave response. The simulated snowpack, and the simulated microwave backscatter response, was compared to observed physical snow and ice properties and the observed microwave response. There was better agreement between the simulated and observed microwave signatures when we applied observed salinity profiles to the simulated snow pack. Without correction for observed salinity, there was less agreement.