Abstract
The strong decline of the Arctic sea ice extent, especially in the last decade, and the inability of recent climate models to predict this development, give a strong motivation to collect observational data to better understand the interaction between atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean. Because melt ponds have a significant influence on the amount of sea ice melt and therefore also on Earth’s radiation balance, the primary goal of this study was to develop a multi-annual melt pond data set of the entire Arctic region based on satellite data.
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- Recent Climate Model
- Visible InfraRed Image Spectrometer
- Airborne Visible InfraRed Image
- Airborne Visible InfraRed Image Spectrometer
- MODIS Cloud Mask
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http://icdc.zmaw.de/, accessed in February 2012.
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The EnMAP mission is managed by the Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The envisaged launch of the EnMAP satellite is 2015.
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Launch of the satellite is planned for 2013, the spatial resolution rages from 10 to 60 m.
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Rösel, A. (2013). Summary and Outlook. In: Detection of Melt Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice with Optical Satellite Data. Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37033-5_6
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