Tenuous Correlation Between the Snow Depth or Sea Ice Thickness and C- or X-band Backscattering in Nunavik Fjords of the Hudson Strait

• Main Authors: Dufour-Beauséjour, Sophie, Bernier, Monique, Simon, Jérome, Homayouni, Saeid, Gilbert, Véronique, Gauthier, Yves, Tuniq, Juupi, Wendleder, Anna, Roth, Achim
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Dynamik der Landoberfläche; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Nunavik; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Kangiqsujuaq; Global warming; inuits; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/143043/

Sea ice is an essential part of the Arctic Ocean and is extremely affected by the global warming. Over the past 30 years, the Arctic has warmed at roughly twice the rate as the entire globe. The Kangiqsujuammiut (people of Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, in Canada) observed a later sea ice freeze-up in the f...