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Daily SMOS and weekly merged CryoSat-SMOS sea ice thickness data can be downloaded via FTP through a Web browser, a FTP client (e.g. FileZilla) or command line. The access is anomymous.

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Abstract

The SMOS & CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Data Product Processing and Dissemination Service (CS2SMOS-PDS) ensures the automated and continuous operational generation of the SMOS and the merged SMOS/CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Thickness products.

How to cite the Data

For the merged CryoSat-SMOS sea ice thickness data, please

1. cite: Ricker, R.; Hendricks, S.; Kaleschke, L.; Tian-Kunze, X.; King, J. and Haas, C. (2017), A weekly Arctic sea-ice thickness data record from merged CryoSat-2 and SMOS satellite data, The Cryosphere, 11, 1607-1623, doi:10.5194/tc-11-1607-2017.

2. include the following phrase into the acknowledgment:

   The production of the merged CryoSat-SMOS sea ice thickness data was funded by the ESA project SMOS & CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Data Product Processing and Dissemination Service, and data from DATE to DATE were obtained from AWI.

For the SMOS sea ice thickness data, please

1. cite: Kaleschke, L., X. Tian‐Kunze, N. Maaß, M. Mäkynen, and M. Drusch (2012), Sea ice thickness retrieval from SMOS brightness temperatures during the Arctic freeze‐up period, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L05501, doi: 10.1029/2012GL050916.

2. include the following phrase into the acknowledgment:

   The production of the SMOS sea ice thickness data was funded by the ESA project SMOS & CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Data Product Processing and Dissemination Service, and data from DATE to DATE were obtained from AWI.