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We resampled the lidar data into 70 m pixels (similar to the footprint size of OIB L2 and ICESat data) and took the mean of the lowest 2% elevation values of 25 km (50 km) length along a flight track as the local sea level of the central 25 km (50 km). Most of the IcePod data were over the same flight lines taken by OIB in 2013, so the total freeboard changes from 2013 to 2016 and 2017 were examined. Combining with the ICESat (2003\u20132008), we obtained a better picture of total freeboard and its interannual variability in the Ross Sea. The pattern of the sea ice distribution supports that new ice produced in coastal polynyas was transported northward by katabatic winds off the ice shelf. Compared to ICESat years, sea ice near the coast was thicker, while sea ice offshore was thinner in the more recent OIB\/IcePod years. The results also showed that, in general, sea ice was thicker in 2017 compared to 2013 or 2016\u20140.02\u20130.55 m thicker in total freeboard.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12142226","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,14]],"date-time":"2020-07-14T09:30:49Z","timestamp":1594719049000},"page":"2226","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Sea Ice Freeboard in the Ross Sea from Airborne Altimetry IcePod 2016\u20132017 and a Comparison with IceBridge 2013 and ICESat 2003\u20132008"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Liuxi","family":"Tian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"},{"name":"NASA Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3516-1210","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hongjie","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"},{"name":"NASA Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"}]},{"given":"Stephen F.","family":"Ackley","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"},{"name":"NASA Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"}]},{"given":"Kirsty J.","family":"Tinto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10964, USA"}]},{"given":"Robin E.","family":"Bell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10964, USA"}]},{"given":"Christopher J.","family":"Zappa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY 10964, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9063-4792","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yongli","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"},{"name":"NASA Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3546-3668","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alberto M.","family":"Mestas-Nu\u00f1ez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"},{"name":"NASA Center for Advanced Measurements in Extreme Environments, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78249, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,7,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"111","DOI":"10.1029\/2005JD006957","article-title":"Influence of sea ice on the atmosphere: A study with an Arctic atmospheric regional climate model","volume":"111","author":"Rinke","year":"2006","journal-title":"J. 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