SO_SLICE: a 19-year gridded sea level anomaly dataset for the open and ice-covered Southern Ocean (2003–2021)
Abstract. Sea Level Anomalies (SLA) in the Southern Ocean remain poorly observed due to sea ice, which hampers conventional satellite altimetry. Recent advances in lead-based retracking techniques have enabled SLA estimates within ice-covered regions. However, existing datasets are temporally limited, with most availab...