Landfast sea ice break out patterns in the northern Bering Sea observed from C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar

• Published in: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
• Main Authors: David A. Jensen, Vishnu Nandan, Andrew R. Mahoney, John J. Yackel, Lynn M. Resler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Landfast; Sea Ice; Break Out; Synthetic Aperture Radar; Physical geography; GB3-5030; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Arctic; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103183; https://doaj.org/article/1eb5c377428647739f20246feebc6224

Arctic sea ice is declining in areal extent and seasonal duration, affecting stable landfast sea ice regimes. These landfast ice regimes are vital platforms for local indigenous subsistence hunters and epontic primary production species supporting local and regional food webs. Under changing thermod...