On the measure of sea ice area from sea ice concentration data sets

Mauro Boccolari; Flavio Parmiggiani

doi:10.1117/12.2194087

14 October 2015 On the measure of sea ice area from sea ice concentration data sets

Mauro Boccolari, Flavio Parmiggiani

Proceedings Volume 9638, Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, Coastal Waters, and Large Water Regions 2015; 963804 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194087
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2015, Toulouse, France

Abstract

The measure of sea ice surface variability provides a fundamental information on the climatology of the Arctic region. Sea ice extension is conventionally measured by two parameters, i.e. Sea Ice Extent (SIE) and Sea Ice Area (SIA), both parameters being derived from Sea Ice Concentration (SIC) data sets. In this work a new parameter (CSIA) is introduced, which takes into account only the compact sea-ice, which is defined as the sea-ice having concentration at least equal the 70%. Aim of this study is to compare the performances of the two parameters, SIA and CSIA, in analyzing the trends of three monthly time-series of the whole Arctic region. The SIC data set used in this study was produced by the Institute of Environmental Physics of the University of Bremen and covers the period January 2003 – December 2014, i.e. the period in which the data set is built using the new AMSR passive microwave sensor.

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Mauro Boccolari and Flavio Parmiggiani "On the measure of sea ice area from sea ice concentration data sets", Proc. SPIE 9638, Remote Sensing of the Ocean, Sea Ice, Coastal Waters, and Large Water Regions 2015, 963804 (14 October 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2194087

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