Improvements in September Arctic Sea Ice Predictions Via Assimilation of Summer CryoSat‐2 Sea Ice Thickness Observations

Abstract Because of a spring predictability barrier, the seasonal forecast skill of Arctic summer sea ice is limited by the availability of melt‐season sea ice thickness (SIT) observations. The first year‐round SIT observations, retrieved from CryoSat‐2 from 2011 to 2020, are assimilated into the GF...

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Main Authors: Yong‐Fei Zhang, Mitchell Bushuk, Michael Winton, Bill Hurlin, William Gregory, Jack Landy, Liwei Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-12-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105672