A new methodology for retrieval of glacier and ice sheet elevations and elevation changes from CryoSat-2 data is presented. Surface elevations and elevation changes determined using this approach show significant improvements over ESA’s publicly available CryoSat-2 elevation product (L2 Baseline-B). The results are compared to near-coincident airborne laser altimetry from NASA’s Operation IceBr...

[1] Total freeboard (snow and ice) of the Arctic Ocean sea ice cover is derived using Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) data from two 35-day periods: one during the fall (October November) of 2005 and the other during the winter (February March) of 2006. Three approaches are used to identify near-sea-surface tiepoints. Thin ice or open water samples in new openings, typically wi...

The new spaceborne photon-counting lidar, i.e., ICESat-2, has shown great advantages in obtaining nearshore bathymetry at a global scale. forward-scattering effect the water column is one of main error sources airborne lidar (ALB). However, magnitude bathymetric bias for lidars and how can we effectively correct this have not been evaluated are very worthy investigation. In study, on quantitati...

Maritime glaciers in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau (SETP) featuring largest maritime (TP) have been experiencing dramatic mass loss and interannual variability over past two decades, increasing risks of glacier avalanches glacial lake outbursts. However, spatially explicit high-temporal-resolution entire SETP has not well quantified. We developed an approach to integrate satellite altimetry ...