@techreport{3453e263a39c4684ac0ee573159e236c,
title = "Airborne investigation of quasi-specular Ku-band radar scattering for satellite altimetry over snow-covered Arctic sea ice",
abstract = "Operation Icebridge (OIB) 2016 level 1b Airborne Ku-band Synthetic Aperture Radar waveforms, concurrent with both OIB lidar data and Environment and Climate Change Canada in situ data, over snow on arctic sea ice, near Eureka, Canada. Footprint-scale (~16 m × 4.5 m) snow depths are estimated and compared to in situ measurements. Relative return powers and energies of the air-snow and snow-ice interface are estimated, as well as footprint-scale roughness and slope. Quasi-specular scattering (higher return powers/energies) are observed for smoother, flatter footprints. In addition to this, satellite data is discussed, including Cryosat-2 SARIn.",
keywords = "Sea Ice, snow depths, Ku-band, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), firstyear ice (FYI), multiyear ice (MYI)",
author = "{e Rijke-Thoams}, Claude and Jack Landy and Robbie Mallett and Rosemary Willatt and Michel Tsamados and Joshua King",
year = "2023",
month = sep,
day = "21",
doi = "10.36227/techrxiv.22839488",
language = "English",
pages = "1--18",
publisher = "TechRxiv",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "TechRxiv",
}