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The L3H phase of operation of ICESat’s laser in the winter of 2007 coincided for about two weeks with the cruise of the British submarine “Tireless” which was equipped with upward-looking sonars. This provided a rare opportunity for a simultaneous determination of the sea ice freeboard and draft in the Arctic Ocean.
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Calvao, J., Rodrigues, J., Wadhams, P. (2012). Arctic Sea Ice Thickness in the Winters of 2004 and 2007 from Coincident Satellite and Submarine Measurements. In: Kenyon, S., Pacino, M., Marti, U. (eds) Geodesy for Planet Earth. International Association of Geodesy Symposia, vol 136. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20338-1_16
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