First results of Antarctic sea ice type retrieval from active and passive microwave remote sensing data
Polar sea ice is one of the Earth's climate components that has been significantly affected by the recent trend of global warming. While the sea ice area in the Arctic has been decreasing at a rate of about 4 % per decade, the multi-year ice (MYI), also called perennial ice, is decreasing at a...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:810663645421483db7eb841f4ff51499 2023-05-15T13:47:00+02:00 First results of Antarctic sea ice type retrieval from active and passive microwave remote sensing data C. Melsheimer G. Spreen Y. Ye M. Shokr 2023-01-01 https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-105-2023 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/105/2023/tc-17-105-2023.pdf https://doaj.org/article/810663645421483db7eb841f4ff51499 en eng Copernicus Publications doi:10.5194/tc-17-105-2023 1994-0416 1994-0424 https://tc.copernicus.org/articles/17/105/2023/tc-17-105-2023.pdf https://doaj.org/article/810663645421483db7eb841f4ff51499 undefined The Cryosphere, Vol 17, Pp 105-126 (2023) geo envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2023 fttriple https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-105-2023 2023-01-22T19:16:13Z Polar sea ice is one of the Earth's climate components that has been significantly affected by the recent trend of global warming. While the sea ice area in the Arctic has been decreasing at a rate of about 4 % per decade, the multi-year ice (MYI), also called perennial ice, is decreasing at a faster rate of 10 %–15 % per decade. On the other hand, the sea ice area in the Antarctic region was slowly increasing at a rate of about 1.5 % per decade until 2014, and since then it has fluctuated without a clear trend. However, no data about ice type areas are available from that region, particularly for MYI. Due to differences in the physical and crystalline structural properties of sea ice and snow between the two polar regions, it has become difficult to identify ice types in the Antarctic. Until recently,no satellite retrieval scheme was ready to monitor the distribution and temporal development of Antarctic ice types, particularly MYI, throughout the freezing season and on timescales of several years. In this study, we have adapted a method for retrieving Arctic sea ice types and partial concentrations using microwave satellite observations to fit the Antarctic sea ice conditions. The core of the retrieval method is a mathematical scheme that needs empirical distributions of the microwave brightness temperature and backscatter input parameters for the different ice types. The first circumpolar, long-term time series of Antarctic sea ice types (MYI, first-year ice, and young ice) is being established, and so far covers the years 2013–2021. Qualitative comparison with (a) synthetic aperture radar data, (b) charts of the development stage of the sea ice, and (c) the Antarctic polynya distribution data show that the retrieved ice types, in particular the MYI, are reasonable. Although there are still some shortcomings, the new retrieval allows insight into the interannual evolution and dynamics of Antarctic sea ice types for the first time. The current time series can in principle be extended backwards to start in the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Arctic Global warming Sea ice The Cryosphere Unknown Antarctic Arctic The Antarctic The Cryosphere 17 1 105 126 |
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Polar sea ice is one of the Earth's climate components that has been significantly affected by the recent trend of global warming. While the sea ice area in the Arctic has been decreasing at a rate of about 4 % per decade, the multi-year ice (MYI), also called perennial ice, is decreasing at a faster rate of 10 %–15 % per decade. On the other hand, the sea ice area in the Antarctic region was slowly increasing at a rate of about 1.5 % per decade until 2014, and since then it has fluctuated without a clear trend. However, no data about ice type areas are available from that region, particularly for MYI. Due to differences in the physical and crystalline structural properties of sea ice and snow between the two polar regions, it has become difficult to identify ice types in the Antarctic. Until recently,no satellite retrieval scheme was ready to monitor the distribution and temporal development of Antarctic ice types, particularly MYI, throughout the freezing season and on timescales of several years. In this study, we have adapted a method for retrieving Arctic sea ice types and partial concentrations using microwave satellite observations to fit the Antarctic sea ice conditions. The core of the retrieval method is a mathematical scheme that needs empirical distributions of the microwave brightness temperature and backscatter input parameters for the different ice types. The first circumpolar, long-term time series of Antarctic sea ice types (MYI, first-year ice, and young ice) is being established, and so far covers the years 2013–2021. Qualitative comparison with (a) synthetic aperture radar data, (b) charts of the development stage of the sea ice, and (c) the Antarctic polynya distribution data show that the retrieved ice types, in particular the MYI, are reasonable. Although there are still some shortcomings, the new retrieval allows insight into the interannual evolution and dynamics of Antarctic sea ice types for the first time. The current time series can in principle be extended backwards to start in the ... |
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First results of Antarctic sea ice type retrieval from active and passive microwave remote sensing data |
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First results of Antarctic sea ice type retrieval from active and passive microwave remote sensing data |
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First results of Antarctic sea ice type retrieval from active and passive microwave remote sensing data |
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First results of Antarctic sea ice type retrieval from active and passive microwave remote sensing data |
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