A comparison between Envisat and ICESat sea ice thickness in the Southern Ocean

Abstract - - - -  ICESat is found in spring (October–November), while a larger MD (SD) of 0.52 (0.68 m) and 0.57 m (0.45 m) exists in summer (February–March) and autumn (May–June). It is also shown that from autumn to spring, mean Envisat SIT decreases while mean ICESat SIT increases. Our findings suggest that both overestimation of Envisat sea ice freeboard potentially caused by radar backscatter originating from inside the snow layer and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for EOS (AMSR-E, where EOS stands for Earth Observing System) snow depth biases and sea ice density uncertainties can possibly account for the differences between Envisat and ICESat SIT.

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
A comparison between Envisat and ICESat sea ice thickness in the Southern Ocean ; volume:16 ; number:10 ; year:2022 ; pages:4473-4490 ; extent:18
The Cryosphere ; 16, Heft 10 (2022), 4473-4490 (gesamt 18)

Creator
Wang, Jinfei
Min, Chao
Ricker, Robert
Shi, Qian
Han, Bo
Hendricks, Stefan
Wu, Renhao
Yang, Qinghua

DOI
10.5194/tc-16-4473-2022
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022102705213779136728
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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