A Lagrangian snow evolution system for sea ice applications (SnowModel‐LG): Part II—Analyses

J Stroeve, GE Liston, S Buzzard, L Zhou… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Sea ice thickness is a critical variable, both as a climate indicator and for forecasting sea ice
conditions on seasonal and longer time scales. The lack of snow depth and density …

Local-scale variability of snow density on Arctic sea ice

J King, S Howell, M Brady, P Toose, C Derksen… - The …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
Local-scale variations in snow density and layering on Arctic sea ice were characterized
using a combination of traditional snow pit and SnowMicroPen (SMP) measurements. In …

[HTML][HTML] Wind redistribution of snow impacts the Ka-and Ku-band radar signatures of Arctic sea ice

V Nandan, R Willatt, R Mallett, J Stroeve… - The …, 2023 - tc.copernicus.org
Wind-driven redistribution of snow on sea ice alters its topography and microstructure, yet
the impact of these processes on radar signatures is poorly understood. Here, we examine …

Surface-based Ku-and Ka-band polarimetric radar for sea ice studies

J Stroeve, V Nandan, R Willatt, R Tonboe… - The Cryosphere …, 2020 - tc.copernicus.org
To improve our understanding of how snow properties influence sea ice thickness retrievals
from presently operational and upcoming satellite radar altimeter missions, as well as …

The importance of sub-meter-scale snow roughness on conductive heat flux of Arctic sea ice

D Clemens-Sewall, C Polashenski, D Perovich… - Journal of …, 2024 - cambridge.org
The conductive heat flux through the snow and ice is a critical component of the mass and
energy budgets in the Arctic sea ice system. We use high horizontal resolution (3–15 cm) …

Characterizing winter landfast sea-ice surface roughness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago using Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar and the Multi-angle Imaging …

RA Segal, RK Scharien, S Cafarella… - Annals of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Two satellite datasets are used to characterize winter landfast first-year sea-ice (FYI),
deformed FYI (DFYI) and multiyear sea-ice (MYI) roughness in the Canadian Arctic …

Snow property controls on modeled Ku-band altimeter estimates of first-year sea ice thickness: Case studies from the Canadian and Norwegian Arctic

V Nandan, RK Scharien, T Geldsetzer… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Uncertainty in snow properties impacts the accuracy of Arctic sea ice thickness estimates
from radar altimetry. On first-year sea ice (FYI), spatiotemporal variations in snow properties …

Seasonal marine carbon system processes in an Arctic coastal landfast sea ice environment observed with an innovative underwater sensor platform

PJ Duke, BGT Else, SF Jones, S Marriot… - Elem Sci …, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
Studying carbon dioxide in the ocean helps to understand how the ocean will be impacted
by climate change and respond to increasing fossil fuel emissions. The marine carbonate …

Spatially distributed simulations of the effect of snow on mass balance and flooding of Antarctic sea ice

N Wever, K Leonard, T Maksym, S White… - Journal of …, 2021 - cambridge.org
Southern Ocean sea ice can exhibit widespread flooding and subsequent snow-ice
formation, due to relatively thick snow covers compared to the total ice thickness …

Arctic freeboard and snow depth from near‐coincident CryoSat‐2 and ICESat‐2 (CRYO2ICE) observations: A first examination of winter sea ice during 2020–2022

RM Fredensborg Hansen, H Skourup… - Earth and Space …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the summer of 2020, ESA changed the orbit of CryoSat‐2 to align periodically with NASA's
ICESat‐2 mission, a campaign known as CRYO2ICE, which allows for near‐coincident …