de Rijke Thomas, Claude; Landy, Jack Christopher; Mallett, Robbie; Willatt, Rosemary; Tsamados, Michel; King, Joshua (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-22)
Surface-based Ku-band radar altimetry investigations indicate that the radar signal is typically backscattered from well above the snow–sea ice interface. However, this would induce a bias in satellite altimeter sea ice thickness retrievals not reflected by buoy validation. Our study presents a mechanism to potentially explain this paradox: probabilistic quasi-specular radar scattering from the ...