Palmer LTER: Sea-ice coverage in the Long-Term Ecological Research region

(Waters and Smith 1992) has been analyzed from 1973 to 1994 using surface sea-ice concentrations derived from passive microwave satellite data using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) algorithm. The passive microwave satellite data have been made available by the National Snow...

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Main Authors: Sharon E. Stammerjohn, Raymond C. Smith, Earth System Science
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Sea ice
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.469.4704
http://pal.lternet.edu/docs/bibliography/Public/064lterc.pdf
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Summary:(Waters and Smith 1992) has been analyzed from 1973 to 1994 using surface sea-ice concentrations derived from passive microwave satellite data using the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) algorithm. The passive microwave satellite data have been made available by the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, and involve three datasets in conjunction with three passive microwave radiometers used to collect the data: the electrically scanned microwave radiometer (ESMR, 1973-1976), the scanning multichannel microwave radiometer (SMMR, 1978-1987), and the special sensor microwave/imagers (SSM/I, 1987 to the present). Efforts are being made to fill in data gaps in the earlier record between 1973-1978 using Navy/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration Joint Ice Data analy ses. Higher resolution, visible and infrared satellite data [on the

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