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Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry / Sea Ice and Polar Dynamics Science Team

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Abdalati, W., H. J. Zwally, R. Bindschadler, B. Csatho, S. L. Farrell, H. A. Fricker, D. Harding, R. Kwok, M. Lefsky, T. Markus, A. Marshak, T. Neumann, S. Palm, B. Schutz, B. Smith, J. Spinhirne, C. Webb (2010), The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission, Proc. IEEE, 98(5), 735 � 751, DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2034765 this link opens in a new window .

Farrell, S. L., S. W. Laxon, D. C. McAdoo, D. Yi, and H. J. Zwally (2009), Five years of Arctic sea ice freeboard measurements from the Ice, Cloud and land elevation Satellite, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C04008, DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005074 this link opens in a new window .

Giles, K. A., S. W. Laxon and A. L. Ridout (2008), Circumpolar thinning of Arctic sea ice following the 2007 record ice extent minimum, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(22), L22502, DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035710 this link opens in a new window .

Laxon S. W., K. A. Giles, A. L. Ridout, D. J. Wingham, R. Willatt, R. Cullen, R. Kwok, A. Schweiger, J. Zhang, C. Haas, S. Hendricks, R. Krishfield, N. Kurtz, S. Farrell and M. Davidson (2013), CryoSat-2 estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness and volume, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 732�737, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50193 this link opens in a new window .

Kwok, R., G. F. Cunningham, M. Wensnahan, I. Rigor, H. J. Zwally and D. Yi (2009), Thinning and volume loss of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover: 2003�2008, J. Geophys. Res., 114(C7), C07005, DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005312 this link opens in a new window .

Parkinson, Claire L. (2014), Global Sea Ice Coverage from Satellite Data: Annual Cycle and 35-Yr Trends, Journal of Climate, 27 (24), 9377-9382. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00605.1 this link opens in a new window .

Parkinson, C. L., and J. C. Comiso (2013), On the 2012 record low Arctic sea ice cover: Combined impact of preconditioning and an August storm, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 1356�1361, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50349 this link opens in a new window .

Richter-Menge, J., and S. L. Farrell (2013), Arctic Sea Ice Conditions in Spring 2009 - 2013 Prior to Melt, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5888-5893, DOI: 10.1002/2013GL058011 this link opens in a new window .

Stroeve, J. C., V. Kattsov, A. Barrett, M. Serreze, T. Pavlova, M. Holland, and W. N. Meier (2012), Trends in Arctic sea ice extent from CMIP5, CMIP3 and observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L16502, DOI: 10.1029/2012GL052676 this link opens in a new window .

Farrell, S. L., K. M. Brunt, J. M. Ruth, J. M. Kuhn, L. N. Connor and K. M. Walsh (2015), Sea Ice Freeboard Retrieval using Digital Photon-counting Laser Altimetry, Ann. Glaciol., 56(69), 167�174, DOI: 10.3189/2015AoG69A686 this link opens in a new window .

Newman T., S. L. Farrell, J. Richter-Menge, B. Elder, L. Connor, N. Kurtz and D. McAdoo (2014), Assessment of Radar-derived Snow Depth Measurements over Arctic sea ice, J. Geophys. Res., 119, 8578�8602, DOI: 10.1002/2014JC010284 this link opens in a new window .

Webster, M. A., I. G. Rigor, S. V. Nghiem, N. T. Kurtz, S. L. Farrell, D. K. Perovich and M. Sturm (2014), Interdecadal Changes in Snow Depth on Arctic Sea Ice, J. Geophys Res., 119, DOI: 10.1002/2014JC009985 this link opens in a new window .

Tsamados, M., D. Feltham, D. Schroeder, D. Flocco, S. Farrell, N. Kurtz, S. Laxon, and S. Bacon (2014), Impact of atmospheric and oceanic form drag on simulations of Arctic sea ice, J. Phys. Oceanog., 44, 1329-1353, DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-13-0215.1 this link opens in a new window .

Onana, V. P., L. S. Koenig, J. Ruth, M. Studinger, J. P. Harbeck (2014), A Semiautomated Multilayer Picking Algorithm for Ice-Sheet Radar Echograms Applied to Ground-Based Near-Surface Data, IEEE Transactions Geoscience & Remote Sensing, (53) 1, pp. 51-69, DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2014.2318208 this link opens in a new window .

Csatho, B. M., A. F. Schenk, C. J. van der Veen, G. Babonis, K. Duncan, S. Rezvanbehbahani, M. van den Broeke, J. H. van Angelen, S. Nagarajan and S. B. Simonsen (2014), Laser Altimetry Reveals Complex Pattern of Greenland Ice Sheet Dynamics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111, 52, p.18478-18483, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1411680112 this link opens in a new window .

Kurtz, N., S. L. Farrell, M. Studinger, N. Galin, J. Harbeck, R. Lindsay, V. Onana, B. Panzer, and J. Sonntag (2013), Sea ice thickness, freeboard, and snow depth products from Operation IceBridge airborne data, The Cryosphere, 7, 1035-1056, DOI: 10.5194/tc-7-1035-2013 this link opens in a new window .

Connor, L. C., S. L. Farrell, D. C. McAdoo, W. B. Krabill, and S. Manizade (2013), Validating ICESat over thick sea ice in the northern Canada Basin, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing, 51(4), 2188-2200,
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2211603 this link opens in a new window .

Laxon, S.W., Giles, K. A., Ridout, A. L., Wingham, D. J., Willatt, R., Cullen, R., Kwok, R., Schweiger, A., Zhang, J., Haas, C., Hendricks, S., Krishfield, R., Kurtz, N., Farrell, S. L., Davidson, M. (2013), CryoSat Estimates of Arctic Sea Ice Volume, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40(4), 732-737, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50193 this link opens in a new window .

McAdoo, D. C., S. L. Farrell, S. W. Laxon, A. L. Ridout, H. J. Zwally and D. Yi (2013), Gravity of the Arctic Ocean from satellite data with validations using airborne gravimetry: oceanographic implications, J. Geophys. Res., 118, 917�930,
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20080 this link opens in a new window .

Kurtz, N., M. Studinger, S. Farrell, J. Paden, J. Richter-Menge, J. Sonntag, and J. Yungel (2013), IceBridge Airborne Survey Data Support Arctic Sea Ice Predictions, EOS Trans. AGU, 94(4), 41, DOI: 10.1002/2013EO040001 this link opens in a new window .

Onana, V. D. P., N. T. Kurtz, S. Farrell, L. S. Koenig, M. Studinger, and J. P. Harbeck (2013), A Sea Ice Lead Detection Algorithm for use with High Resolution Airborne Visible Imagery, IEEE Trans. Geosci. & Rem. Sens., 51(1), 38-56, DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2012.2202666 this link opens in a new window .

McMillan, M., A. Shepherd, D. G. Vaughan, S. Laxon, and D. McAdoo (2009), Amundsen Sea Bathymetry: The Benefits of Using Gravity Data for Bathymetric Prediction this link opens in a new window , IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v. 47, no. 12, December 2009, 4223-4228, DOI: 10:1109/TGRS.2009.2023665.

Farrell, S. L., D. C. McAdoo, S. W. Laxon, H. J. Zwally, D. Yi, A. Ridout, and K. Giles (2012), Mean Dynamic Topography of the Arctic Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L01601, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050052 this link opens in a new window .

Gardner, J., J. Richter-Menge, S. Farrell, and J. M. Brozena (2012), Coincident multiscale estimates of Arctic sea ice thickness, EOS Trans. AGU, 93(6), 57, DOI: 10.1029/2012EO060001 this link opens in a new window .

Kurtz, N. T. and S. L. Farrell (2011), Large-scale surveys of snow depth on Arctic sea ice from Operation IceBridge, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L20505, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL049216 this link opens in a new window .

Farrell, S. L., N. Kurtz, L. Connor, B. Elder, C. Leuschen, T. Markus, D. C. McAdoo, B. Panzer, J. Richter-Menge, and J. Sonntag (2012), A First Assessment of IceBridge Snow and Ice Thickness Data over Arctic Sea Ice, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing, 50(6), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2011.2170843 this link opens in a new window .

Kurtz, N. T., T. Markus, S. L. Farrell, D. L. Worthen, and L. N. Boisvert (2011), Observations of recent Arctic sea ice volume loss and its impact on ocean-atmosphere energy exchange and ice production, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C04015, DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006235 this link opens in a new window .

Farrell, S. L., T. Markus, R. Kwok, L. Connor (2011), Laser Altimetry Sampling Strategies over Sea Ice, Ann. Glaciol., 52(57), 69-76, DOI: 10.3189/172756411795931660 this link opens in a new window .

Abdalati, W., H. J. Zwally, R. Bindschadler, B. Csatho, S. L. Farrell, H. A. Fricker, D. Harding, R. Kwok, M. Lefsky, T. Markus, A. Marshak, T. Neumann, S. Palm, B. Schutz, B. Smith, J. Spinhirne, C. Webb (2010), The ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry Mission, Proc. IEEE, 98 (5), 735�751, DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2009.2034765 this link opens in a new window .

Kwok, R., S. Farrell, R. Forsberg, K. Giles, S. Laxon, D. McAdoo, J. Morison, L. Padman, C. Peralta-Ferriz, A. Proshutinsky, and M. Steele (2010), Combining satellite altimetry, time-variable gravity, and bottom pressure observations to understand the Arctic Ocean: A transformative opportunity, in Hall, J., D. E. Harrison and D. Stammer (eds.) Proc. of the "OceanObs09: Sustained Ocean Observations and Information for Society" Conference (Vol. 2), Venice, Italy, 21-25 September 2009, ESA Publication WPP-306, 2010, [Refereed], DOI: 10.5270/OceanObs09.cwp.50 this link opens in a new window .

Farrell, S. L., S. W. Laxon, D. C. McAdoo, D. Yi, and H. J. Zwally (2009), Five years of Arctic sea ice freeboard measurements from the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite, J. Geophys. Res., 114, C04008, DOI: 10.1029/2008JC005074 this link opens in a new window .

Connor, L. N., S. Laxon, A. L. Ridout, W. B. Krabill, and D. C. McAdoo (2009), Comparison of Envisat Radar and Airborne Laser Altimeter Measurements over Arctic Sea Ice, Remote Sensing of Environment, 113(3), 16 March 2009, p. 563-570, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2008.10.015 this link opens in a new window .

McAdoo, D. C., S. L. Farrell, S. W. Laxon, H. J. Zwally, D. Yi, and A. L. Ridout (2008), Arctic Ocean gravity field derived from ICESat and ERS-2 altimetry: Tectonic implications, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B05408, DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005217 this link opens in a new window .

Giles K. A., S.W. Laxon, D.J. Wingham, D.W. Wallis, W.B. Krabill, C.J. Leuschen, D. McAdoo, S.S. Manizade and R.K. Raney (2007), Combined Airborne Laser and Radar Altimeter Measurements over the Fram Strait in May 2002, Remote Sensing of Environment, 111, p. 182-194, Nov 2007, DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.02.037 this link opens in a new window .