Remote sensing of sea ice: advances during the DAMOCLES project

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: G. Heygster, V. Alexandrov, G. Dybkjær, W. von Hoyningen-Huene, F. Girard-Ardhuin, I. L. Katsev, A. Kokhanovsky, T. Lavergne, A. V. Malinka, C. Melsheimer, L. Toudal Pedersen, A. S. Prikhach, R. Saldo, R. Tonboe, H. Wiebe, E. P. Zege
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2012
• Subjects: geo; envir; Arctic; Svalbard; Ross Ice Shelf; Damocles; albedo; Global warming; Ice Shelf; Sea ice; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1411-2012; http://www.the-cryosphere.net/6/1411/2012/tc-6-1411-2012.pdf; https://doaj.org/article/7b193e178b8a4232a64cac0a18af0bff

In the Arctic, global warming is particularly pronounced so that we need to monitor its development continuously. On the other hand, the vast and hostile conditions make in situ observation difficult, so that available satellite observations should be exploited in the best possible way to extract ge...