This dataset was collected during a controlled sea ice growth experiment at the Sea-ice Environmental Research Facility (SERF), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, from 10:19 on February 12 to 04:50 on February 20, 2021. Over a 186-hour period, 1511 time-stamped observations were recorded at 15-minute intervals. The dataset captures 14 radar and environmental parameters relevant to sea ice formation and structure, including C-band polarimetric radar backscatter (VV, HH, HV) at a 25° incidence angle, air and surface temperature, humidity, wind speed, cumulative freezing degree moments (CFDM), salinity measurements (surface cover, ice surface, bulk ice), frost flower height, snow depth and ice thickness. Radar data were collected using a C-band scatterometer operating at 5.5 GHz with 30° azimuth swaths. Ice thickness ranged from 27 cm to approximately 47 cm, with surface conditions frost flower coverage and two layers of snow. This multivariate time series dataset is suitable for research in sea ice thickness modeling, remote sensing, and environmental monitoring.

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Dataset Name SERF2021: Thin Sea Ice Multivariate Physical & Radar Time Series
Dataset General Type sea ice time series
Dataset Type Dataset
Dataset Level 1.1-Quality Controlled Data
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Theme Cryosphere
Remote Sensing
Dataset Status Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency Not planned
Dataset Last Revision Date 2025-08-10
Dataset DOI 10.34992/J30B-7C87
Metadata Creation Date 2025
Publisher CanWIN
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Dataset Collection Start Date 2021-02-12
Dataset Collection End Date 2021-02-20
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  • C-band NRCS values (dB)
  • C-band NRCS values in HH polarization (dB)
  • C-band NRCS values in HV polarization (dB)
  • air temperature (°C)
  • surface temperature (°C)
  • Cumulative Freezing Degree Moments (CFDM)
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  • wind speed (m/s)
  • surface cover salinity (PSU)
  • ice surface salinity (PSU)
  • bulk ice salinity (PSU)
  • frost flower height (cm)
  • snow depth (cm)
  • ice thickness (cm)
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Dadjoo, Mehran
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dadjoom@myumanitoba.ca
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Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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0009-0000-4322-5224
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Isleifson, Dustin
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Dustin.Isleifson@umanitoba.ca
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Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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Project Data Curator Dadjoo, Mehran
Project Data Curator email dadjoom@myumanitoba.ca
Project Data Curator Affiliation Centre for Earth Observation Science - University of Manitoba
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