A long-term proxy for sea ice thickness in the Canadian Arctic: 1996–2020

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: I. A. Glissenaar, J. C. Landy, D. G. Babb, G. J. Dawson, S. E. L. Howell
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2023
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Northwest Passage; Parry; Arctic Archipelago; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Northwest passage; Parry Channel; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3269-2023; https://doaj.org/article/0d01bb7daa744a858ead324207c559e4

This study presents a long-term winter sea ice thickness proxy product for the Canadian Arctic based on a random forest regression model – applied to ice charts and scatterometer data, trained on CryoSat-2 observations, and applying an ice type–sea ice thickness correction using the Pan-Arctic Ice O...