Sea Ice Melt Pond Data

• Main Authors: Chris Polashenski, Chris Petrich, Don Perovich, Zoe Courville, Kerry Claffey
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2012
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > REFLECTANCE; EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE > ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS; IN SITU/LABORATORY INSTRUMENTS > TEMPERATURE/HUMIDITY SENSORS > THERMOMETERS > THERMOMETERS; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > PASSIVE REMOTE SENSING > PHOTON/OPTICAL DETECTORS > CAMERAS > CAMERAS; EARTH REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS > ACTIVE REMOTE SENSING > PROFILERS/SOUNDERS > LIDAR/LASER SOUNDERS > LIDAR > LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; MANNED FIELD STATION; TRANSECT; UNKNOWN; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/urn:uuid:132a0637-1a10-4ea6-bb5b-8dc6114d8b00

As part of the Seasonal Ice Zone Observing Network (SIZONet) project monitoring the seasonal ice zone, studies were carried out tracking the evolution of albedo and melt pond coverage during the melt season. The data have enabled a better understanding of how meltwater interacts with sea ice to cont...