Several studies have shown that there is considerable evidence that the Arctic sea-ice is
thinning during the last decades. When combined with the observed rapid reduction of ice …

In the context of quantifying Arctic ice-volume decrease at global scale, the CryoSat-2
satellite was launched in 2010 and is equipped with the K u band synthetic aperture radar …

The understanding and predictability of the observed decline of Arctic sea ice depends on
the knowledge of its mass balance in a warming environment. While sea ice extent is …

Sea ice volume's significant interannual variability requires long-term series of observations
to identify trends in its evolution. Despite improvements in sea ice thickness estimations from …

Satellite altimetry has been used to derive information about sea ice thickness in the Arctic
already for several decades. As part of the algorithms applied the shape of the radar signal …

The only remote sensing technique capable of obtaining sea ice thickness on basin-scale
are satellite altimeter missions, such as the 2010 launched CryoSat-2. It is equipped with a …

Abstract Knowledge about Antarctic sea-ice volume and its changes over the past decades
has been sparse due to the lack of systematic sea-ice thickness measurements in this …

Arctic sea ice is a major element of the Earth's climate system. It acts to regulate regional
heat and freshwater budgets and subsequent atmospheric and oceanic circulation across …

Knowledge about Antarctic sea-ice volume and its changes over the past decades has been
sparse due to the lack of systematic sea-ice thickness measurements in this remote area …

Satellite altimetric measurements by the 2010 launched ESA satellite CryoSat-2 are capable
of obtaining the thickness distribution of marine ice fields. With its on-board Ku-band radar …