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

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Kacimi, Sahra, Kwok, Ron
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2020
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4453-2020; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00054898; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00054549/tc-14-4453-2020.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/14/4453/2020/tc-14-4453-2020.pdf

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...