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: Mäkynen, Marko, Haapala, Jari, Aulicino, Giuseppe, Balan-sarojini, Beena, Balmaseda, Magdalena, Gegiuc, Alexandru, Ardhuin, Fanny, Hendricks, Stefan, Heygster, Georg, Istomina, Larysa, Kaleschke, Lars, Karvonen, Juha, Krumpen, Thomas, Lensu, Mikko, Mayer, Michael, Parmiggiani, Flavio, Ricker, Robert, Rinne, Eero, Schmitt, Amélie, Similä, Markku, Tietsche, Steffen, Tonboe, Rasmus, Wadhams, Peter, Winstrup, Mai, Zuo, Hao
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Pancake; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12071214; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00622/73389/72601.pdf; https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00622/73389/

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...