AWI CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Product
The Sea Ice Radar Altimetry (SIRAL) project of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) is based on satellite radar altimetry data to investigate the sea ice mass balance and related processes to understand Arctic Change. The name of the project is also a homage to the radar altimeter onboard CryoSat-2, the Synthetic and Interferometric Radar Altimeter (SIRAL) which has been a game changer for sea-ice thickness information from satellite radar altimetry. The thickness information obtained from radar altimetry adds the third dimension to the sea ice concentration data record and is an essential parameter for climate research and numerical weather prediction.
This wiki is dedicated to the documentation of sea ice thickness data sets from radar altimeter data produced at the Alfred Wegener Institute. Please also check the blog for news and updates as well as the CS2SMOS wiki for information on merged CryoSat-2/SMOS sea ice thickness data.
| Download | ftp://ftp.awi.de/sea_ice/product/cryosat2/v2p6 (ftp client required) |
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| Documentation | Hendricks, S., & Paul, S. (2023). Product User Guide & Algorithm Specification - AWI CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Thickness (version 2.6), Issued by Zenodo (v2.6). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10044554 |
| Citation | Hendricks, S., & Paul, S. (2023). Product User Guide & Algorithm Specification - AWI CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Thickness (version 2.6), Issued by Zenodo (v2.6). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10044554 |
| Whats New |
Operational News
Blog Posts
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Start of AWI CryoSat-2 v2.6 near real-time data for winter 2023/24
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Oct 05, 2023
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CryoSat-2 near real-time data production ended for 2022/23 winter season
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May 08, 2023
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CryoSat-2 near real-time data production interrupted
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Nov 10, 2022
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CryoSat-2 data available in version 2.5
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Nov 03, 2022
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AWI CryoSat-2 v2.5 pre-announcement
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Oct 10, 2022
Last 5 entries, see full operational news here.
Science News
Blog Posts
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CryoSat-2 2018/2019 Winter Analysis
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May 03, 2019
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CryoSat-2: Winter 2017/18 Mean Anomaly
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May 14, 2018
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CryoSat-2 Completes 8th Arctic Winter
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May 02, 2018
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CryoSat-2: Arctic Update (May 2018)
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May 02, 2018
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CryoSat-2 & PIOMAS Thickness Anomalies
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Apr 10, 2018
Last 5 entries, see full operational news here.
All blog entries can be found here.
A full documentation of the AWI CryoSat-2 Sea Ice Product is given in the Product User Guide & Algorithm Specification.
Acknowledgements
Cryosat-2 Level-1 data is courtesy of the European Space Agency
ESA CryoSat website
ESA CryoSat-2 Wiki
Sea ice concentration and type data is courtesy of the Ocean and Sea Ice Satellite Application Facility (OSI-SAF)
Global mean sea surface products (DTU21) is courtesy of the Danish National Space Institute (DTU Space)
Snow depth from AMSR2 is courtesy of the Institute for Environmental Physics of the University Bremen
