Laser altimeter data obtained over sea-ice during the Transdrift-XX campaign in Apr, 2012; profile Transdrift-XX_SBLA_20120420T0346_74.69_126.57_thr06_data_Vers5 ...

• Main Authors: Krumpen, Thomas, Haas, Christian, Hendricks, Stefan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: PANGAEA 2024
• Subjects: Laser Altimeter; Ridge Height; Ridge Spacing; Ridge Width; Sea Ice Surface Roughness; DATE/TIME; Time in seconds; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; POINT DISTANCE from start; HEIGHT above ground; Surface elevation; Ridge height, maximum; Ridge boundary, left; Ridge boundary, right; Ridge width; Ridge spacing, typical; Lead event true/false; Single beam laser altimeter; Single beam laser altimeter; processed with laser_Altimeter_Processing_VS5_06_20.py; Transdrift-XX; Helicopter; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.970327; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.970327

Sea ice surface roughness data were obtained during the Transdrift-XX campaign in Apr, 2012 with a Single Beam Laser Altimeter (SBLA) mounted inside an electromagnetic system (EM-Bird) towed at 10-30 m height above surface by a Helicopter (Mil MI-8). A method developed by Hibler (1972) was used to a) isolate the surface profile from low-frequency variations associated with the aircraft motion and b) to identify pressure ridge sails. The processing steps are described in https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/56364/. We applied a ridge detection threshold of 0.6 m, which means that only sails higher 0.6 m are detected. Version and name of the processing routine: Laser_Altimeter_Processing_VS5_06_20.py (vers.5, Feb 22, 2024, https://gitlab.awi.de/sitem/sbla_processing.git). SBLA records (RIEGL - LD90) are provided at a sampling rate of 100 Hz. Sensor accuracy is 5 cm with a beam diameter at surface of 5.8 cm. This specific dataset was obtained on 20120420T0346. It includes recorded altimeter readings, the derived ...