Satellite-derived polynya areas in the northern Bering Sea. Version 1.0

• Main Authors: Fu, H., Zhao, J., Frey, K.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory 2011
• Subjects: oceans; Satellite; Arctic; Satellite, NASA/EOS Aqua; Earth Observation Satellites > > AQUA > Earth Observing System, AQUA > ea7fd15d-190d-43f3-bdd3-75f5d88dc3f8; Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS - AMSR-E; Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Passive Remote Sensing > Spectrometers/Radiometers > Imaging Spectrometers/Radiometers > AMSR-E > Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS > 736038ef-c1ae-47c7-a50e-729474eeb3b1; EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE > POLYNYAS > 10a128a6-12d4-4bce-b25d-2ffc464182f4; BEST; Bering Ecosystem Study; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Anadyr'; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d6k935jp; https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/102.253

Satellite-derived Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - EOS (AMSR-E) sea ice concentrations are utilized to calculate polynya areas in the northern Bering Sea (January-April from 2003 to 2008). Three polynya regions are presented: (a) Anadyr Gulf Polynya; (b) St. Lawrence Island Polynya; and (c) Cape Romanzo Polynya. Data are in Excel (.xls) and comma delimited (.csv) format. Data were collected during the Bering Sea Ecosystem Study-Bering Sea Integrated Ecosystem Research Program (BEST-BSIERP). BEST-BSIERP together are the Bering Sea project.