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Dataset

 

ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Ice_cci): Northern hemisphere sea ice thickness from the CryoSat-2 satellite on a monthly grid (L3C), v2.0

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2018-05-08
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2018-05-25
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 48 Files | 118MB

This dataset has been superseded. See Latest Version here
Abstract

This dataset provides a Climate Data Record of Sea Ice Thickness for the Northern Hemisphere polar region, derived from the SIRAL (SAR Interferometer Radar ALtimeter) instrument on the CryoSat-2 satellite at Level 3C (L3C). This product was generated in the context of the ESA Climate Change Initiative Programme (ESA CCI) by the Sea Ice CCI (Sea_Ice_cci) project.

It provides monthly gridded sea ice thickness data on a Lambeth Azimuthal Equal Area grid for the period November 2010 to April 2017. Data are only available for the NH winter months, October - April.

Citable as:  Hendricks, S.; Paul, S.; Rinne, E. (2018): ESA Sea Ice Climate Change Initiative (Sea_Ice_cci): Northern hemisphere sea ice thickness from the CryoSat-2 satellite on a monthly grid (L3C), v2.0. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. doi:10.5285/ff79d140824f42dd92b204b4f1e9e7c2. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/ff79d140824f42dd92b204b4f1e9e7c2

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Sea Ice, ESA, CCI, Arctic

Details

Previous Info:
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Access rules:
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
https://artefacts.ceda.ac.uk/licences/specific_licences/esacci_seaice_terms_and_conditions.pdf
When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were processed by the ESA CCI Sea Ice project team and were supplied to CEDA in the context of the ESA CCI Open Data Portal Project

Data Quality:
CCI data format checked
File Format:
Data are in NetCDF format

Citations: 30

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Belter, H.J., Krumpen, T., Hendricks, S., Hoelemann, J.A., Janout, M.A., Ricker, R. & Haas, C. (2020) Satellite-based sea ice thickness changes in the Laptev Sea from 2002 to 2017: Comparison to mooring observations. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-307 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-307
Belter, H.J., Krumpen, T., Hendricks, S., Hoelemann, J., Janout, M.A., Ricker, R. & Haas, C. (2020) Satellite-based sea ice thickness changes in the Laptev Sea from 2002 to 2017: comparison to mooring observations. The Cryosphere 14, 2189–2203. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2189-2020 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2189-2020
Bethke, I., Wang, Y., Counillon, F., et al. (2021) NorCPM1 and its contribution to CMIP6 DCPP. Geoscientific Model Development 14, 7073–7116. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7073-2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-7073-2021
Bethke, I., Wang, Y., Counillon, F., et al. (2021) NorCPM1 and its contribution to CMIP6 DCPP. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2021-91 https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-2021-91
Dmitrenko, I.A., Petrusevich, V.Y., Kosobokova, K., Komarov, A.S., Bouchard, C., Geoffroy, M., Koldunov, N.V., Babb, D.G., Kirillov, S.A. & Barber, D.G. (2021) Coastal Polynya Disrupts the Acoustic Backscatter Diurnal Signal Over the Eastern Laptev Sea Shelf. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.791096 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.791096
error occurred https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-1889-2020
error occurred https://doi.org/10.26092/elib/1456
error occurred https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4403-2022
error occurred https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2871-2023
error occurred https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad1725
error occurred https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-333
error occurred https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-4473-2022
error occurred https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-20-0848.1
error occurred https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2021.57
error occurred https://doi.org/10.5194/os-20-1677-2024
Fang, Y., Yao, J., Wu, T., Wu, F. & Li, J. (2024) Improved Simulation of Antarctic Sea Ice by Parameterized Thickness of New Ice in a Coupled Climate Model. Geophysical Research Letters 51. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl110166 https://doi.org/10.1029/2024gl110166
Garnier, F. (2021) Reply on RC1. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79-ac1 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79-ac1
Garnier, F. (2021) Reply on RC2. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79-ac2 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79-ac2
Garnier, F. (2021) Reply on RC3. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79-ac3 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-79-ac3
Khvorostovsky, K., Hendricks, S. & Rinne, E. (2020) Surface Properties Linked to Retrieval Uncertainty of Satellite Sea-Ice Thickness with Upward-Looking Sonar Measurements. Remote Sensing 12, 3094. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12183094 https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12183094
Kruschke, T., Karami, M.P., Navarro, J.C.A., Lapin, V., Ortega, P., Counillon, F. & Gustafsson, D. (2021) Deliverable 6.11 Climate model initialization V2. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7138626 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7138626
Liang, X., Li, X., Bi, H., Losch, M., Gao, Y., Zhao, F., Tian, Z. & Liu, C. (2022) A Comparison of Factors That Led to the Extreme Sea Ice Minima in the Twenty-First Century in the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Climate 35, 1249–1265. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-21-0199.1 https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-21-0199.1
Liao, S., Luo, H., Wang, J., Shi, Q., Zhang, J. & Yang, Q. (2021) An Evaluation of Antarctic Sea Ice Thickness from the Global Ice-Ocean Modeling and Assimilation System based on In-situ and Satellite Observations. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-228 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2021-228
Mallett, R.D.C., Stroeve, J.C., Tsamados, M., Landy, J.C., Willatt, R., Nandan, V. & Liston, G.E. (2020) Faster decline and higher variability in the sea ice thickness of the marginal Arctic seas. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-282 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-282
Mallett, R.D.C., Stroeve, J.C., Tsamados, M., Landy, J.C., Willatt, R., Nandan, V. & Liston, G.E. (2021) Faster decline and higher variability in the sea ice thickness of the marginal Arctic seas when accounting for dynamic snow cover. The Cryosphere 15, 2429–2450. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2429-2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2429-2021
Paul, S., Hendricks, S., Ricker, R., Kern, S. & Rinne, E. (2018) Consistent CryoSat-2 and Envisat Freeboard Retrieval of Arctic and Antarctic Sea Ice. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-34 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-34
Paul, S., Hendricks, S., Ricker, R., Kern, S. & Rinne, E. (2018) Empirical parametrization of Envisat freeboard retrieval of Arctic and Antarctic sea ice based on CryoSat-2: progress in the ESA Climate Change Initiative. The Cryosphere 12, 2437–2460. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2437-2018 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2437-2018
Sallila, H. (2019) Response to RC1. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-197-ac7 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-197-ac7
Sallila, H., McCurry, J., Farrell, S.L. & Rinne, E. (2018) Assessment of Contemporary Satellite Sea Ice Thickness Products for Arctic Sea Ice. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-197 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2018-197
Wang, J., Min, C., Ricker, R., Yang, Q., Shi, Q., Han, B. & Hendricks, S. (2020) A comparison between Envisat and ICESat sea ice thickness in the Antarctic. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-48 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2020-48

Process overview

This dataset was generated by a combination of instruments deployed on platforms and computations as detailed below.
  • var_id: Lambert_Azimuthal_Grid
  • units: m
  • long_name: elevation of retracked point above instantaneous sea surface height (no snow range corrections)
  • var_id: radar_freeboard
  • names: elevation of retracked point above instantaneous sea surface height (no snow range corrections)
  • units: m
  • long_name: elevation of retracked point above instantaneous sea surface height (with snow range corrections)
  • standard_name: sea_ice_freeboard
  • var_id: freeboard
  • names: elevation of retracked point above instantaneous sea surface height (with snow range corrections), sea_ice_freeboard
  • units: m
  • long_name: freeboard uncertainty
  • var_id: freeboard_uncertainty
  • names: freeboard uncertainty
  • units: percent
  • standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
  • long_name: sea ice contration
  • var_id: sea_ice_concentration
  • names: sea_ice_area_fraction, sea ice contration
  • var_id: status_flag
  • long_name: status flag for the sea ice thickness retrieval
  • standard_name: sea_ice_thickness status_flag
  • names: sea_ice_thickness status_flag, status flag for the sea ice thickness retrieval
  • units: m
  • standard_name: sea_ice_thickness
  • var_id: sea_ice_thickness
  • long_name: thickness of the sea ice layer
  • names: sea_ice_thickness, thickness of the sea ice layer
  • var_id: time_bnds
  • units: m
  • long_name: uncertainty of radar freeboard
  • var_id: radar_freeboard_uncertainty
  • names: uncertainty of radar freeboard
  • units: m
  • long_name: uncertainty of the sea ice layer thickness
  • var_id: sea_ice_thickness_uncertainty
  • names: uncertainty of the sea ice layer thickness
  • units: km
  • standard_name: projection_x_coordinate
  • long_name: x coordinate of projection (eastings)
  • var_id: xc
  • names: projection_x_coordinate, x coordinate of projection (eastings)
  • units: km
  • standard_name: projection_y_coordinate
  • var_id: yc
  • long_name: y coordinate of projection (eastings)
  • names: projection_y_coordinate, y coordinate of projection (eastings)

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: lat
  • long_name: latitude of grid cell center
  • names: latitude, latitude of grid cell center
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: lon
  • long_name: longitude of grid cell center
  • names: longitude, longitude of grid cell center
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • long_name: reference time of product
  • names: time, reference time of product
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2010-11-01T00:00:00
End time:
2017-04-30T22:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
16.0000°