Optimizing Observations of Sea Ice Thickness and Snow Depth in the Arctic

• Main Authors: Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A, Farrell, Sinead L
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *ICE REPORTING; *SEA ICE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ARCTIC REGIONS; DEPTH; MODELS; PREDICTIONS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THICKNESS; SEA ICE THICKNESS; SNOW DEPTH; Arctic; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617971; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617971

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. Prepared in collaboration with ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park.