R. Kwok – IceBridge Science Team Member

1. R. Kwok – IceBridge Science Team Member • Service as a member of the IceBridge Science Team (IST) member • Specifically, as a science team member, I will provide scientific input to the IceBridge project in the areas of flight line planning, measurement strategies, data quality control, and data product development. I will contribute to: • the development of the IceBridge Science Definition Document and Level-1 Scientific Requirements Document; • the evaluation of the IceBridge mission designs in achieving the goals defined by the Science Definition Document and Level-1 Scientific Requirements Document; and • support to the IceBridge Program Scientist and Project Scientist in the development of the required analyses, documentation, and reporting during the IceBridge mission. • Utilizing the IceBridge data for sea ice investigations • With the over-arching goal of establishing, extending, and linking the ICESat-I sea ice thickness estimates through the CryoSat-2 mission to the launch of ICESat-II (~2015), I plan to use the IceBridge data for the following purposes: • Compare/cross-calibrate the ICESat-I freeboard and thickness data with the IceBridge estimates acquired during the Spring of 2009. • Assess the use of IceBridge flight lines for estimates of the changes in the Arctic Ocean ice cover in the absence of basin-scale coverage. • Examine the use of the snow depth radar for providing estimates of snow depth and snow loading along co-incident lidar and radar flight lines. • Explore the utility of the IceBridge acquisitions for characterization of the Southern Ocean ice cover. Ron Kwok Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology 4800 Oak Grove Dr Pasadena, CA 91109 email: ron.kwok@jpl.nasa.gov Ph: 818 354-5614 Cell: 818 359-48