The Antarctic sea ice cover from ICESat-2 and CryoSat-2: freeboard, snow depth, and ice thickness

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: S. Kacimi, R. Kwok
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Amundsen Sea; Weddell; Ronne Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4453-2020; https://doaj.org/article/55f0bf8845f542fcaf57ca1ba0ff296e

We offer a view of the Antarctic sea ice cover from lidar (ICESat-2) and radar (CryoSat-2) altimetry, with retrievals of freeboard, snow depth, and ice thickness that span an 8-month winter between 1 April and 16 November 2019. Snow depths are from freeboard differences. The multiyear ice observed i...