Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85062940802
论文题名: Retrieval of snow freeboard of Antarctic sea ice using waveform fitting of CryoSat-2 returns
作者: Fons S.W. ; Kurtz N.T.
刊名: Cryosphere
ISSN: 19940416
出版年: 2019
卷: 13, 期: 3 起始页码: 861
结束页码: 878
语种: 英语
英文摘要: In this paper we develop a CryoSat-2 algorithm to retrieve the surface elevation of the air-snow interface over Antarctic sea ice. This algorithm utilizes a two-layer physical model that accounts for scattering from a snow layer atop sea ice as well as scattering from below the snow surface. The model produces waveforms that are fit to CryoSat-2 level 1B data through a bounded trust region least-squares fitting process. These fit waveforms are then used to track the air-snow interface and retrieve the surface elevation at each point along the CryoSat-2 ground track, from which the snow freeboard is computed. To validate this algorithm, we compare retrieved surface elevation measurements and snow surface radar return power levels with those from Operation IceBridge, which flew along a contemporaneous CryoSat-2 orbit in October 2011 and November 2012. Average elevation differences (standard deviations) along the flight lines (IceBridge Airborne Topographic Mapper, ATM-CryoSat-2) are found to be 0.016cm (29.24cm) in 2011 and 2.58cm (26.65cm) in 2012. The spatial distribution of monthly average pan-Antarctic snow freeboard found using this method is similar to what was observed from NASA's Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat), where the difference (standard deviation) between October 2011-2017 CryoSat-2 mean snow freeboard and spring 2003-2007 mean freeboard from ICESat is 1.92cm (9.23cm). While our results suggest that this physical model and waveform fitting method can be used to retrieve snow freeboard from CryoSat-2, allowing for the potential to join laser and radar altimetry data records in the Antarctic, larger (1/430cm) regional differences from ICESat and along-track differences from ATM do exist, suggesting the need for future improvements to the method. Snow-ice interface elevation retrieval is also explored as a potential to obtain snow depth measurements. However, it is found that this retrieval method often tracks a strong scattering layer within the snow layer instead of the actual snow-ice interface, leading to an overestimation of ice freeboard and an underestimation of snow depth in much of the Southern Ocean but with promising results in areas such as the East Antarctic sector. © 2019 Author(s). 资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/122650
Appears in Collections: 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States; Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Recommended Citation:
Fons S.W.,Kurtz N.T.. Retrieval of snow freeboard of Antarctic sea ice using waveform fitting of CryoSat-2 returns[J]. Cryosphere,2019-01-01,13(3)