Applying High Resolution Imagery to Understand the Role of Dynamics in the Diminishing Arctic Sea Ice Cover

• Main Authors: Farrell, Sinead L, Hutchings, Jennifer K, Richter-Menge, Jacqueline A
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Photography; *PACK ICE; *SATELLITE IMAGERY; *SEA ICE; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; DATA BASES; DEFORMATION; GEOPHYSICS; HIGH RESOLUTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RIDGES; STRENGTH(GENERAL); THICKNESS; ARCTIC SEA ICE PACK; RATES OF CHANGE; SEASONAL ICE PACK; ICE DEFORMATION; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Ice; ice pack; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA617622; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA617622

The proposed research aims to derive geophysical information and process understanding from declassified, high-resolution visible band satellite imagery. We will assess the available satellite imagery and extract parameters, including lead and ridge characteristics, that describe the state of the sea ice pack during of the last decade. Assessment of the satellite imagery database will help to improve our understanding of the physical environment of the Arctic Ocean, and the processes that define it. Prepared in collaboration with the University of Maryland, ESSIC, College Park and the College of Earth Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis.