Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Marko Mäkynen, Jari Haapala, Giuseppe Aulicino, Beena Balan-Sarojini, Magdalena Balmaseda, Alexandru Gegiuc, Fanny Girard-Ardhuin, Stefan Hendricks, Georg Heygster, Larysa Istomina, Lars Kaleschke, Juha Karvonen, Thomas Krumpen, Mikko Lensu, Michael Mayer, Flavio Parmiggiani, Robert Ricker, Eero Rinne, Amelie Schmitt, Markku Similä, Steffen Tietsche, Rasmus Tonboe, Peter Wadhams, Mai Winstrup, Hao Zuo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; sea ice; remote sensing; forecasting; Science; Q; Pancake; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071214; https://doaj.org/article/eec7a484f68447368d950d4881091e6c

The detection, monitoring, and forecasting of sea-ice conditions, including their extremes, is very important for ship navigation and offshore activities, and for monitoring of sea-ice processes and trends. We summarize here recent advances in the monitoring of sea-ice conditions and their extremes...