Stephen Howell¹, Alexander Komarov², Michael Brady¹, Benjamin Deschamp³, Yi Luo³, Dean Flett³ and Daniel De Lise⁴, (1)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Research Division, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Data Assimilation and Satellite Meteorology Research Section, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (3)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, Canada, (4)Canadian Space Agency, Saint-Hubert, QC, Canada