Estimation of sea-ice thickness and volume in the Sea of Okhotsk based on ICESat data.Sea-ice thickness in the Sea of Okhotsk is estimated for 2004-2008 from ICESat derived freeboard under the assumption of hydrostatic balance.  Ice thickness derived from ICESat data is validated from a comparison with that observed by Electromagnetic Induction Instrument (EM) aboard the icebreaker Soya near Hokkaido, Japan.  Ice volume of 6.3 × 1011 m3 is estimated from the ICESat derived h  and AMSR-E derived ice concentration.  This also supports the validity of the estimation of sea-ice thickness and volume using ICESat data.
ICESat
Estimation of sea-ice thickness and volume in the Sea of Okhotsk based on ICESat data.Sea-ice thickness in the Sea of Okhotsk is estimated for 2004-2008 from ICESat derived freeboard under the assumption of hydrostatic balance.  Ice thickness derived from ICESat data is validated from a comparison with that observed by Electromagnetic Induction Instrument (EM) aboard the icebreaker Soya near Hokkaido, Japan.  Ice volume of 6.3 × 1011 m3 is estimated from the ICESat derived h  and AMSR-E derived ice concentration.  This also supports the validity of the estimation of sea-ice thickness and volume using ICESat data.
ICESat
Ice thickness derived from ICESat data is validated from a comparison with that observed by Electromagnetic Induction Instrument (EM) aboard the icebreaker Soya near Hokkaido, Japan. 
Electromagnetic Induction Instrument (EM)
Ice volume of 6.3 × 1011 m3 is estimated from the ICESat derived h  and AMSR-E derived ice concentration. 
AMSR-E