Airborne Electromagnetics as a method for Arctic widesea ice thickness retrievalLuftgestützte elektromagnetische Verfahren zurarktisweiten Bestimmung von MeereisdickenCumulative Doctoral ThesisKumulative Doktorarbeitwritten byLasse RabensteinZur Vorlage am Fachbereich Geowissenschaften derUniversität BremenFebruary 25, 2010ContentsAbstract in English .................................. 4 in German 6List of relevant papers ................................ 8List of acronyms .................................... 9List of variables and constants ........................... 10Key hypotheses..................................... 13Introduction....................................... 14Seaiceasanindicatorforclimaticchanges.................... 14Seaiceasadriverfortheclimate......................... 14Thedynamicsofseaice .............................. 15Sea ice thickness, the missing parameter ..................... 15Methodsforseaicethicknesretrieval....................... 16SeaiceintheArcticOcean ............................ 18LongtermchangesoftheArcticseaicecover .................. 20Theoryoficethicknessdistribution........................ 23Statisticsofseaicethicknessampling...................... 24Surfacepropertiesofseaice 25Themethodofairborneelectromagnetics..................... 26Specificsofelectromagneticsonseaice 28Key findings....................................... 29Requirements for HEM sea ice thickness sounding ................
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