Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSMI)

• Main Author: R. W. Lindsay
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: SHEBA; data fusion; Kalman filter; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Sea ice; Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.593.9117; http://psc.apl.washington.edu/lindsay/pdf_files/sheba_ice_deformation_2002.pdf

[1] The deformation rate of sea ice is a key parameter for determining the evolution of the ice thickness distribution. It determines the rate of new ice formation through opening and the rate of ridging through closing and shear. An extensive suite of ground-based and satellite-based measurements of ice motion is used to construct a daily time series of the ice velocity and deformation in the vicinity of the Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) ice camp that is suitable for forcing a model of the ice thickness distribution. The velocity is interpolated to a square grid that remains centered on the camp, has a spacing of 25 km, is 400 km on a side, and is determined for a 371-day period