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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SIheff does *<b>not</b>* include the accumulated snow pack. The variable “SIhsnow” is for the effective snow thickness.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ou Wang<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">ecco-support <ecco-support-bounces@mit.edu> on behalf of aviv solodoch <avivsolo@gmail.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Sunday, November 27, 2022 at 1:44 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>ecco-support@mit.edu <ecco-support@mit.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [ecco-support] SIheff definition<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hello<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">According to the ECCO Version 4 Release 3 overview document (Wang et al 2017), the variable SIheff is defined as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">"Effective sea-ice thickness (m) that is defined as actual sea-ice thickness scaled by fractional sea-ice area".<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I was told by a reviewer that the accumulated snow pack is also included in this variable. Is that correct?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"garamond",serif">Aviv Solodoch,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"garamond",serif">Postdoctoral researcher, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"garamond",serif">UCLA,</span><span class="gmaildefault"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"garamond",serif"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"garamond",serif">Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic
Sciences</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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