Local-scale variability of snow density on arctic sea ice

canadian-arctic
sea-ice
earth-observation
arcmap
J. King, S. Howell, M. Brady, P. Toose, C. Derksen, C. Haas, and J. Beckers (2020). Local-scale variability of snow density on arctic sea ice. The Cryosphere. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-4323-2020
Authors

J. King

S. Howell

M. Brady

P. Toose

C. Derksen

C. Haas

J. Beckers

Published

December 2, 2020

Doi

10.5194/tc-14-4323-2020

Figure 1. Overview of the Eureka and Arctic Ocean (AO) snow on sea ice campaigns (a). Unidirectional SnowMicroPen (SMP) transects were collected at multiple sites to evaluate spatial variability of snowpack properties (b; Eureka MYI site shown) with sets of 10 profiles separated at distances of 0.1, 1, and 10 m, in sequence (c). Co-located SMP profiles were collected at all snow pit locations to calibrate the SMP density model of Proksch et al. (2015). Background of (b) shows RADARSAT-2 imagery near Eureka where bight returns indicate rough multi-year ice. RADARSAT-2 data and products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (2019). All rights reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

Figure 1. Overview of the Eureka and Arctic Ocean (AO) snow on sea ice campaigns (a). Unidirectional SnowMicroPen (SMP) transects were collected at multiple sites to evaluate spatial variability of snowpack properties (b; Eureka MYI site shown) with sets of 10 profiles separated at distances of 0.1, 1, and 10 m, in sequence (c). Co-located SMP profiles were collected at all snow pit locations to calibrate the SMP density model of Proksch et al. (2015). Background of (b) shows RADARSAT-2 imagery near Eureka where bight returns indicate rough multi-year ice. RADARSAT-2 data and products © MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (2019). All rights reserved. RADARSAT is an official trademark of the Canadian Space Agency.

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