Remote sensing of sea ice: advances during the DAMOCLES project

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Heygster, G., Alexandrov, V., Dybkjaer, G., Von Hoyningen-huene, W., Ardhuin, Fanny, Katsev, I. L., Kokhanovsky, A., Lavergne, Thomas, Malinka, A. V., Melsheimer, C., Pedersen, L. Toudal, Prikhach, A. S., Saldo, R., Tonboe, Rasmus, Wiebe, H., Zege, E. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Asar; Damocles; Ross Ice Shelf; Sever; Svalbard; albedo; Global warming; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00130/24174/22316.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1411-2012; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00130/24174/

In the Arctic, global warming is particularly pronounced so that we need to monitor its development continuously. On the other hand, the vast and hostile conditions make in situ observation difficult, so that available satellite observations should be exploited in the best possible way to extract ge...