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Features of the Intrinsic L-Band Radiation of the Gulf of Ob during the Freeze-Up Period

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This article analyzes seasonal and interannual dependences of brightness temperature in different zones of the Gulf of Ob according to data from the MIRAS radiometer (SMOS satellite). It is shown that, while the brightness temperature dynamics of the freshwater zone of the Gulf of Ob (the estuary and the central zone) is similar to that of freshwater lakes, this dynamics in the seawater zone is different. The authors explain this difference by an increase in water salinity and, consequently, an increase in radiation absorption in the lower ice layer, which is in contact with the water surface. The regularities of seasonal variations of brightness temperature in different zones of the Gulf of Ob and related ice-cover phases can be used to assess salinity and water mixing in large estuaries of the Arctic in winter based on satellite microwave radiometry.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Y.I. Prilepskii, head of the Novy Port HMS, Northern Department, Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, for providing data on the characteristics of ice and snow cover in the Gulf of Ob.

Funding

This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 20-05-00198a (V.V. Tikhonov, I.V. Khvostov, A.N. Romanov, and A.I. Sinitskiy). Modeling and analysis of the intrinsic microwave radiation of the Arctic sea ice was carried out within the Monitoring program, project no. 01.20.0.2.00164 (E.A. Sharkov, D.A. Boyarskii, and N.Yu. Komarova).

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    V. V. Tikhonov, E. A. Sharkov, D. A. Boyarskii & N. Yu. Komarova

  2. Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Barnaul, Russia

    I. V. Khvostov & A. N. Romanov

  3. Arctic Research Center of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, Salekhard, Russia

    A. I. Sinitskiy

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Tikhonov, V.V., Khvostov, I.V., Romanov, A.N. et al. Features of the Intrinsic L-Band Radiation of the Gulf of Ob during the Freeze-Up Period. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 56, 936–949 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433820090236

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