An algorithm to detect sea ice leads by using AMSR-E passive microwave imagery

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: Röhrs, J., Kaleschke, L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Asar; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-343-2012; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00026024; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00025979/tc-6-343-2012.pdf; https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/6/343/2012/tc-6-343-2012.pdf

Leads are major sites of energy fluxes and brine releases at the air-ocean interface of sea-ice covered oceans. This study presents an algorithm to detect leads wider than 3 km in the entire Arctic Ocean. The algorithm detects 50 % of the lead area that was visible in optical MODIS satellite images....