Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic
This work is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of airborne and satellite-based measurements of sea ice thickness and snow depth in the Arctic; to achieve a resolution that is adequate for monitoring decadal variability and to minimize the degree of uncertainty in predictive models. The...
Main Authors: | , |
---|---|
Other Authors: | |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2013
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601070 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA601070 |
id |
ftdtic:ADA601070 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdtic:ADA601070 2023-05-15T14:48:18+02:00 Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A Farrell, Sinead L COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH 2013-09-30 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601070 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA601070 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601070 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC REGIONS MEASUREMENT THICKNESS VARIATIONS SNOW DEPTH Text 2013 ftdtic 2016-02-24T15:02:09Z This work is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of airborne and satellite-based measurements of sea ice thickness and snow depth in the Arctic; to achieve a resolution that is adequate for monitoring decadal variability and to minimize the degree of uncertainty in predictive models. The specific objectives of our proposed work are: * To carefully assess remotely-based observations of Arctic sea ice thickness and snow depth using a rare set of coordinated in situ, airborne, satellite and submarine measurements collected by US Army Corps of Engineering Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in conjunction with the US Navy at the ICEX2011 sea ice field camp in March 2011 in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea; * To leverage and integrate the measurements and results from this focused effort with data collected during related national and international activities (e.g. NASA IceBridge sea ice missions, NRL under flights of CryoSat-2, European Space Agency (ESA) CryoVEx, submarine ice draft measurements, Alfred Wagner Institute (AWI) POLAR5 and historic ICESat records); * To use these data to revise error estimates of remotely-derived snow depth and thickness data products from, for example, ICESat, IceBridge and CryoSat-2. These error estimates (a) are critical for understanding the variability and trends in the long-term time series of observations, (b) will help tie the various satellite and airborne records together, and (c) provide important input for predictive sea ice models. Prepared in collaboration with University of Maryland, ESSIC, College Park, MD. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Ice permafrost Sea ice Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database |
op_collection_id |
ftdtic |
language |
English |
topic |
Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC REGIONS MEASUREMENT THICKNESS VARIATIONS SNOW DEPTH |
spellingShingle |
Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC REGIONS MEASUREMENT THICKNESS VARIATIONS SNOW DEPTH Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A Farrell, Sinead L Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic |
topic_facet |
Snow Ice and Permafrost *SEA ICE ARCTIC OCEAN ARCTIC REGIONS MEASUREMENT THICKNESS VARIATIONS SNOW DEPTH |
description |
This work is motivated by the desire to improve the quality of airborne and satellite-based measurements of sea ice thickness and snow depth in the Arctic; to achieve a resolution that is adequate for monitoring decadal variability and to minimize the degree of uncertainty in predictive models. The specific objectives of our proposed work are: * To carefully assess remotely-based observations of Arctic sea ice thickness and snow depth using a rare set of coordinated in situ, airborne, satellite and submarine measurements collected by US Army Corps of Engineering Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in conjunction with the US Navy at the ICEX2011 sea ice field camp in March 2011 in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea; * To leverage and integrate the measurements and results from this focused effort with data collected during related national and international activities (e.g. NASA IceBridge sea ice missions, NRL under flights of CryoSat-2, European Space Agency (ESA) CryoVEx, submarine ice draft measurements, Alfred Wagner Institute (AWI) POLAR5 and historic ICESat records); * To use these data to revise error estimates of remotely-derived snow depth and thickness data products from, for example, ICESat, IceBridge and CryoSat-2. These error estimates (a) are critical for understanding the variability and trends in the long-term time series of observations, (b) will help tie the various satellite and airborne records together, and (c) provide important input for predictive sea ice models. Prepared in collaboration with University of Maryland, ESSIC, College Park, MD. |
author2 |
COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH |
format |
Text |
author |
Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A Farrell, Sinead L |
author_facet |
Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A Farrell, Sinead L |
author_sort |
Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A |
title |
Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic |
title_short |
Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic |
title_full |
Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic |
title_fullStr |
Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic |
title_full_unstemmed |
Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic |
title_sort |
optimizing observations of sea ice thickness and snow depth in the arctic |
publishDate |
2013 |
url |
http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601070 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA601070 |
geographic |
Arctic Arctic Ocean |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Arctic Ocean |
genre |
Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Ice permafrost Sea ice |
genre_facet |
Arctic Arctic Ocean Beaufort Sea Ice permafrost Sea ice |
op_source |
DTIC |
op_relation |
http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA601070 |
op_rights |
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. |
_version_ |
1766319381985361920 |