<p>The persistent lack of spatially complete Antarctic sea ice thickness (SIT) data at sub-monthly resolution has fundamentally constrained the quantitative understanding of large-scale sea ice mass balance processes. In this study, a pan-Antarctic SIT dataset at 5-day and 12.5 km resolution was developed based on sparse Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat; 2003–2009) and ICESat-2 (2018–2024) along-track laser altimetry SIT retrievals using a deep learning approach. The reconstructed SIT was quantitatively validated against independent upward-looking sonar (ULS) observations and showed higher accuracy than the other four satellite-derived and reanalyzed Antarctic SIT datasets. The temporal evolution of the reconstructed SIT was further validated by ULS and ICESat-2 observations. Consistent seasonal cycles and intra-seasonal tendencies across these datasets confirm the reconstruction’s reliability. Beyond advancing the mechanistic understanding of Antarctic sea ice variability and climate linkages, this reconstruction dataset’s near-real-time updating capability offers operational value for monitoring and forecasting the Antarctic sea ice state.</p>

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Reconstruction of Antarctic sea ice thickness from sparse satellite laser altimetry data via deep learning

  • Ziqi Ma,
  • Qinghua Yang,
  • Yue Xu,
  • Wen Shi,
  • Xiaoran Dong,
  • Qian Shi,
  • Hao Luo,
  • Jiping Liu,
  • Petteri Uotila,
  • Yafei Nie

摘要

The persistent lack of spatially complete Antarctic sea ice thickness (SIT) data at sub-monthly resolution has fundamentally constrained the quantitative understanding of large-scale sea ice mass balance processes. In this study, a pan-Antarctic SIT dataset at 5-day and 12.5 km resolution was developed based on sparse Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat; 2003–2009) and ICESat-2 (2018–2024) along-track laser altimetry SIT retrievals using a deep learning approach. The reconstructed SIT was quantitatively validated against independent upward-looking sonar (ULS) observations and showed higher accuracy than the other four satellite-derived and reanalyzed Antarctic SIT datasets. The temporal evolution of the reconstructed SIT was further validated by ULS and ICESat-2 observations. Consistent seasonal cycles and intra-seasonal tendencies across these datasets confirm the reconstruction’s reliability. Beyond advancing the mechanistic understanding of Antarctic sea ice variability and climate linkages, this reconstruction dataset’s near-real-time updating capability offers operational value for monitoring and forecasting the Antarctic sea ice state.