Variability scaling and consistency in airborne and satellite altimetry measurements of Arctic sea ice

Xu, Shiming; Zhou, Lu; Wang, Bin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-751-2020

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-751-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-751-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 2

Research article

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02 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 02 Mar 2020

Variability scaling and consistency in airborne and satellite altimetry measurements of Arctic sea ice

Shiming Xu, Lu Zhou, and Bin Wang

Data sets

Ice- Bridge L4 Sea Ice Freeboard, Snow Depth, and Thickness, Ver- sion 1 N. Kurtz, M. Studinger, J. Harbeck, V. Onana, D. and Yi https://doi.org/10.5067/G519SHCKWQV6

Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard 40 and Thickness, Version 1. D. Yi and H. J. Zwally https://doi.org/10.5067/SXJVJ3A2XIZT

Short summary

Sea ice thickness parameters are key to polar climate change studies and forecasts. Airborne and satellite measurements provide complementary observational capabilities. The study analyzes the variability in freeboard and snow depth measurements and its changes with scale in Operation IceBridge, CryoVEx, CryoSat-2 and ICESat. Consistency between airborne and satellite data is checked. Analysis calls for process-oriented attribution of variability and covariability features of these parameters.