Sea Ice fields and atmospheric phenomena in Eurasiatic artic seas, as seen from NOAA-12satellite

• Published in: International Journal of Remote Sensing
• Main Author: Anselme, Brice
• Other Authors: Centre Énergétique et Procédés (CEP), Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 1998
• Subjects: [SPI.ENERG]Engineering Sciences [physics]/domain_spi.energ; Barents Sea; Franz Josef Land; Bear Island; Hopen; Hopen island; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal-mines-paristech.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00545962; https://doi.org/10.1080/014311698216279

International audience The image presented in this study is a mosaic showing the Barents and Kara seas area. It was processed from 1.1 km resolution NOAA-12 AVHRR data, acquired in the near-infrared band, on 17 June, 1994, 8h30 GMT and 19 June, 1994, 8h10 GMT. With the exception of the western and southern part of the Barents sea, all the area is cloud-free. Such an event is relatively seldom and enables us to observe diverse surface oceanic features, such as the sea ice distribution, the location of polynyas and the influence of warm waters, remnants of the North Atlantic Drift, on the ice field. The two days lag between the scenes allows us to observe the drifting of ice floes, influenced by winds and currents, especially in the southern part of Franz Josef Land archipelago. Atmospheric lee-waves are observed at Hopen Island and westward of Bear Island.