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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: sea surface salinity; Hudson Bay; freshwater contents; sea ice; river discharge; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Foxe Basin; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12050873

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...