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06 Jan 2015
Research article |
| 06 Jan 2015
The impact of snow depth, snow density and ice density on sea ice thickness retrieval from satellite radar altimetry: results from the ESA-CCI Sea Ice ECV Project Round Robin Exercise
Center for Climate System Analysis and Prediction CliSAP, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
K. Khvorostovsky
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center NERSC, Bergen, Norway
H. Skourup
Danish Technical University-Space, Copenhagen, Denmark
E. Rinne
Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, Helsinki, Finland
Z. S. Parsakhoo
Center for Climate System Analysis and Prediction CliSAP, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
now at: Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
V. Djepa
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
P. Wadhams
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
S. Sandven
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center NERSC, Bergen, Norway
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Short summary
Snow depth and ice density are equally important parameters for sea ice thickness retrieval from radar altimetry of Arctic sea ice. Development of a new snow depth data set is mandatory as the Warren snow depth climatology does not represent the actual snow depth distribution. An optimal choice of ice density can be realized by including ice type and degree of deformation. Retrieval and validation enhancement requires more contemporary ice freeboard, thickness, and density and snow depth data.
Snow depth and ice density are equally important parameters for sea ice thickness retrieval from...
