CryoSat-2 delivers monthly and inter-annual surface elevation change for Arctic ice caps

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: L. Gray, D. Burgess, L. Copland, M. N. Demuth, T. Dunse, K. Langley, T. V. Schuler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2015
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Arctic; Svalbard; Baffin Island; Canada; Austfonna; Devon Ice Cap; Barnes Ice Cap; Baffin; Ice cap; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-9-1895-2015; https://doaj.org/article/423d967ad84e4c4db211f730ef3320a6

We show that the CryoSat-2 radar altimeter can provide useful estimates of surface elevation change on a variety of Arctic ice caps, on both monthly and yearly timescales. Changing conditions, however, can lead to a varying bias between the elevation estimated from the radar altimeter and the physic...