Monitoring of Arctic Conditions from a Virtual Constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites

LONG-TERM GOALS: Utilize a constellation of satellite radars to monitor the melting and freezing cycles of the Arctic Ocean north of 65 deg. From difference maps of a timeseries of images deduce changes in ice extent, ice-type, and lead expansion/contraction with temporal resolutions from hours to d...

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Main Authors: Graber, Hans C, Minnett, Peter J
Other Authors: MIAMI UNIV FL ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL OF MARINE AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
*ARCTIC OCEAN
*CYCLES
*SEA ICE
FORECASTING
FREEZING
MELTING
MONITORING
SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
TIME SERIES ANALYSIS
BEAUFORT SEA
CHUKCHI SEA
BERING SEA
SUMMER ICE EDGE DETERMINATION
ICE COVERAGE
Arctic
Arctic Ocean
Bering Sea
Chukchi Sea
Beaufort Sea
Chukchi
Ice
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA572172
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Summary:LONG-TERM GOALS: Utilize a constellation of satellite radars to monitor the melting and freezing cycles of the Arctic Ocean north of 65 deg. From difference maps of a timeseries of images deduce changes in ice extent, ice-type, and lead expansion/contraction with temporal resolutions from hours to days. Ultimately provide a routine Arctic coverage and generate products for operational purposes, and as validation, boundary conditions, and initialization to numerical ice-ocean forecast models.

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