Impact of Sea Ice Thickness and Freeboard Products on Performance of Seasonal Forecasts


Michael J Karcher1, Thomas Kaminski2, Frank Kauker3, Leif Toudal Pedersen4, Michael Voßbeck2, Helmuth Haak5, Laura Niederdrenk5, Stefan Hendricks6, Robert Ricker7, Hajo Eicken8 and Ola Grabak9, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)The Inversion Lab, Hamburg, Germany, (3)O.A.Sys GmbH, Hamburg, Germany, (4)Eolab.Dk, Copenhagen, Denmark, (5)Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, (6)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany, (7)Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany, (8)University of Alaska Fairbanks, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (9)European Space Agency ESRIN, Frascati, Italy