.. _icesat_thickness:

IceSat Ice Thickness
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Description
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This data set provides measurements of sea ice freeboard and sea ice
thickness for the Arctic region. The data were derived from measurements
made by from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat)
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) instrument, the Special Sensor
Microwave/Imager (SSM/I), and climatologies of snow and drift of ice.

Source
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`NASA: Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard and Thickness`_

Release Policy
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NASA data are not copyrighted; however, when you publish our data or
results derived therefrom, we request that you include an acknowledgment
within the text of the publication and reference list.
`Data Citation and Acknowledgements`_

References
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`Yi and Zwally (2009)`_

`bibtex file`_

MPAS-Analysis Tasks
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- :ref:`task_timeSeriesSeaIceAreaVol`

.. _`NASA: Arctic Sea Ice Freeboard and Thickness`: http://nsidc.org/data/NSIDC-0393
.. _`Data Citation and Acknowledgements`: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/CitingPODAAC
.. _`Yi and Zwally (2009)`: https://doi.org/10.5067/SXJVJ3A2XIZT
.. _`bibtex file`: https://web.lcrc.anl.gov/public/e3sm/diagnostics/observations/SeaIce/ICESat/obs.bib