High Resolution Remote Sensing Observations of Summer Sea Ice

• Main Author: Buckley, Ellen Margaret
• Other Authors: Farrell, Sinéad L, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Digital Repository at the University of Maryland, University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Geophysics; Remote sensing; icesat-2; melt ponds; sea ice; Arctic; The Sentinel; albedo; Chukchi; ice pack; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1903/29548; https://doi.org/10.13016/4mas-vnhe

During the Arctic summer melt season, the sea ice transitions from a consolidated ice pack with a highly reflective snow-covered surface to a disintegrating unconsolidated pack with melt ponds spotting the ice surface. The albedo of the Arctic decreases by up to 50%, resulting in increased absorptio...