The Potential of Space-Based Sea Surface Salinity on Monitoring the Hudson Bay Freshwater Cycle

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Wenqing Tang, Simon H. Yueh, Daqing Yang, Ellie Mcleod, Alexander Fore, Akiko Hayashi, Estrella Olmedo, Justino Martínez, Carolina Gabarró
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: sea surface salinity; hudson bay; freshwater contents; sea ice; river discharge; Science; Q; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Foxe Basin; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12050873; https://doaj.org/article/89c69f4b27584103a21dca250fe2d66d

Hudson Bay (HB) is the largest semi-inland sea in the Northern Hemisphere, connecting with the Arctic Ocean through the Foxe Basin and the northern Atlantic Ocean through the Hudson Strait. HB is covered by ice and snow in winter, which completely melts in summer. For about six months each year, sat...