The relation between sea ice thickness and freeboard in the Arctic

Retrieval of Arctic sea ice thickness from CryoSat-2 radar altimeter freeboard data requires observational data to verify the relation between these two variables. In this study in-situ ice and snow data from 689 observation sites, obtained during the Sever expeditions in the 1980s, have been used t...

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Main Authors: V. Alexandrov, S. Sandven, J. Wahlin, O. M. Johannessen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-09-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:http://www.the-cryosphere.net/4/373/2010/tc-4-373-2010.pdf