Using the DLR NRT Satellite Imagery Service for the Navigation of Vessels through Sea Ice

The German research vessel Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) was on a cruise through the Weddell Sea to the Ronne Depot at the edge of the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf (cruise PS96) between December 2015 and February 2016. The main objective of this cruise was to supply a joint expedition...

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Main Authors: Wesche, Christine, Höppner, Kathrin, Diedrich, Erhard, Kohlberg, Eberhard, Nixdorf, Uwe
Format: Conference Object
Language:unknown
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Antarctic
Ronne Ice Shelf
Weddell
Weddell Sea
Antarc*
British Antarctic Survey
Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf
Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
Ice Shelf
Sea ice
Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/44391/
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.51681
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Summary:The German research vessel Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) was on a cruise through the Weddell Sea to the Ronne Depot at the edge of the Filchner–Ronne Ice Shelf (cruise PS96) between December 2015 and February 2016. The main objective of this cruise was to supply a joint expedition between AWI and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) on the ice shelf. Satellite imagery from the German satellites TerraSAR‐X (TSX) and TanDEM‐X (TDX) was used during the cruise to derive sea ice information at a high spatial resolution. This was very useful, since the Weddell Sea region is characterised by a perennial sea ice cover, especially in the southern portion close to the ice shelf edge. Such conditions are challenging to vessel navigation and safety.

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