Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East Antarctic
Large discrepancies have been observed between satellite-derived sea-ice concentrations(IC) from passive microwave remote sensing and those derived from optical images at several locations in the East Antarctic, between February and April 2014. These artefacts, that resemble polynyas in the IC maps,...
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| description | Large discrepancies have been observed between satellite-derived sea-ice concentrations(IC) from passive microwave remote sensing and those derived from optical images at several locations in the East Antarctic, between February and April 2014. These artefacts, that resemble polynyas in the IC maps, appear in areas where optical satellite data show that there is landfast sea ice. The IC datasets and the corresponding retrieval algorithms are investigated together with microwave brightness temperature, air temperature, snowfall and bathymetry to understand the failure of the IC retrieval. The artefacts are the result of the application of weather filters in retrieval algorithms. These filters use the 37 and 19 GHz channels to correct for atmospheric effects on the retrieval. These channels show significant departures from typical ranges when the artefacts occur. A melt–refreeze cycle with associated snow metamorphism is proposed as the most likely cause. Together, the areas of the artefacts account for up to 0.5% of the Antarctic sea-ice area and thus cause a bias in sea-IC time series. In addition, erroneous sea ICs can adversely affect shipping operations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9dfc29868e3746f6b961dba358477bfe2023-03-09T12:27:34ZengCambridge University PressAnnals of Glaciology0260-30551727-56442018-07-015920121210.1017/aog.2018.1Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East AntarcticHoi Ming Lam0Gunnar Spreen1Georg Heygster2Christian Melsheimer3Neal W. Young4Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany E-mail:Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany E-mail:Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany E-mail:Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany E-mail:Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, AustraliaLarge discrepancies have been observed between satellite-derived sea-ice concentrations(IC) from passive microwave remote sensing and those derived from optical images at several locations in the East Antarctic, between February and April 2014. These artefacts, that resemble polynyas in the IC maps, appear in areas where optical satellite data show that there is landfast sea ice. The IC datasets and the corresponding retrieval algorithms are investigated together with microwave brightness temperature, air temperature, snowfall and bathymetry to understand the failure of the IC retrieval. The artefacts are the result of the application of weather filters in retrieval algorithms. These filters use the 37 and 19 GHz channels to correct for atmospheric effects on the retrieval. These channels show significant departures from typical ranges when the artefacts occur. A melt–refreeze cycle with associated snow metamorphism is proposed as the most likely cause. Together, the areas of the artefacts account for up to 0.5% of the Antarctic sea-ice area and thus cause a bias in sea-IC time series. In addition, erroneous sea ICs can adversely affect shipping operations.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305518000010/type/journal_articleatmosphere/ice/ocean interactionsremote sensingsea icesea-ice geophysics |
| spellingShingle | Hoi Ming Lam Gunnar Spreen Georg Heygster Christian Melsheimer Neal W. Young Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East Antarctic Annals of Glaciology atmosphere/ice/ocean interactions remote sensing sea ice sea-ice geophysics |
| title | Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East Antarctic |
| title_full | Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East Antarctic |
| title_fullStr | Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East Antarctic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East Antarctic |
| title_short | Erroneous sea-ice concentration retrieval in the East Antarctic |
| title_sort | erroneous sea ice concentration retrieval in the east antarctic |
| topic | atmosphere/ice/ocean interactions remote sensing sea ice sea-ice geophysics |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305518000010/type/journal_article |
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