Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme
The detection, monitoring, and forecasting of sea-ice conditions, including their extremes, is very important for ship navigation and offshore activities, and for monitoring of sea-ice processes and trends. We summarize here recent advances in the monitoring of sea-ice conditions and their extremes...
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| author | Marko Mäkynen Jari Haapala Giuseppe Aulicino Beena Balan-Sarojini Magdalena Balmaseda Alexandru Gegiuc Fanny Girard-Ardhuin Stefan Hendricks Georg Heygster Larysa Istomina Lars Kaleschke Juha Karvonen Thomas Krumpen Mikko Lensu Michael Mayer Flavio Parmiggiani Robert Ricker Eero Rinne Amelie Schmitt Markku Similä Steffen Tietsche Rasmus Tonboe Peter Wadhams Mai Winstrup Hao Zuo |
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| description | The detection, monitoring, and forecasting of sea-ice conditions, including their extremes, is very important for ship navigation and offshore activities, and for monitoring of sea-ice processes and trends. We summarize here recent advances in the monitoring of sea-ice conditions and their extremes from satellite data as well as the development of sea-ice seasonal forecasting capabilities. Our results are the outcome of the three-year (2015–2018) SPICES (Space-borne Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Cover Extremes) project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. New SPICES sea-ice products include pancake ice thickness and degree of ice ridging based on synthetic aperture radar imagery, Arctic sea-ice volume and export derived from multisensor satellite data, and melt pond fraction and sea-ice concentration using Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) radiometer data. Forecasts of July sea-ice conditions from initial conditions in May showed substantial improvement in some Arctic regions after adding sea-ice thickness (SIT) data to the model initialization. The SIT initialization also improved seasonal forecasts for years with extremely low summer sea-ice extent. New SPICES sea-ice products have a demonstrable level of maturity, and with a reasonable amount of further work they can be integrated into various operational sea-ice services. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eec7a484f68447368d950d4881091e6c2023-11-19T21:11:55ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922020-04-01127121410.3390/rs12071214Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 ProgrammeMarko Mäkynen0Jari Haapala1Giuseppe Aulicino2Beena Balan-Sarojini3Magdalena Balmaseda4Alexandru Gegiuc5Fanny Girard-Ardhuin6Stefan Hendricks7Georg Heygster8Larysa Istomina9Lars Kaleschke10Juha Karvonen11Thomas Krumpen12Mikko Lensu13Michael Mayer14Flavio Parmiggiani15Robert Ricker16Eero Rinne17Amelie Schmitt18Markku Similä19Steffen Tietsche20Rasmus Tonboe21Peter Wadhams22Mai Winstrup23Hao Zuo24Finnish Meteorological Institute, PB 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, FinlandFinnish Meteorological Institute, PB 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, FinlandDepartment of Science and Technology—DiST, Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Centro Direzionale Is C4, 80143 Napoli, ItalyEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather forecasts, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UKEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather forecasts, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UKFinnish Meteorological Institute, PB 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, FinlandIfremer, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, IUEM, 29280 Brest, FranceAlfredWegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, GermanyInstitute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany, (now consultant at the same institute)AlfredWegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, GermanyAlfredWegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, GermanyFinnish Meteorological Institute, PB 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, FinlandAlfredWegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, GermanyFinnish Meteorological Institute, PB 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, FinlandEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather forecasts, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UKDepartment of Satellite Meteorology, ISAC-CNR, Via Piero Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, ItalyIfremer, Univ. Brest, CNRS, IRD, Laboratoire d’Océanographie Physique et Spatiale, IUEM, 29280 Brest, FranceFinnish Meteorological Institute, PB 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, FinlandFaculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, University of Hamburg, Bundesstr. 53, 20146 Hamburg, GermanyFinnish Meteorological Institute, PB 503, FI-00101 Helsinki, FinlandEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather forecasts, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UKDanish Meteorological Institute, Lyngbyvej 100, 2100 Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Life and Environmental Sciences - DiSVA, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, ItalyDTU Space, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej Bygning 327, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, DenmarkEuropean Centre for Medium-Range Weather forecasts, Shinfield Park, Reading RG2 9AX, UKThe detection, monitoring, and forecasting of sea-ice conditions, including their extremes, is very important for ship navigation and offshore activities, and for monitoring of sea-ice processes and trends. We summarize here recent advances in the monitoring of sea-ice conditions and their extremes from satellite data as well as the development of sea-ice seasonal forecasting capabilities. Our results are the outcome of the three-year (2015–2018) SPICES (Space-borne Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Cover Extremes) project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme. New SPICES sea-ice products include pancake ice thickness and degree of ice ridging based on synthetic aperture radar imagery, Arctic sea-ice volume and export derived from multisensor satellite data, and melt pond fraction and sea-ice concentration using Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) radiometer data. Forecasts of July sea-ice conditions from initial conditions in May showed substantial improvement in some Arctic regions after adding sea-ice thickness (SIT) data to the model initialization. The SIT initialization also improved seasonal forecasts for years with extremely low summer sea-ice extent. New SPICES sea-ice products have a demonstrable level of maturity, and with a reasonable amount of further work they can be integrated into various operational sea-ice services.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/7/1214Arcticsea iceremote sensingforecasting |
| spellingShingle | Marko Mäkynen Jari Haapala Giuseppe Aulicino Beena Balan-Sarojini Magdalena Balmaseda Alexandru Gegiuc Fanny Girard-Ardhuin Stefan Hendricks Georg Heygster Larysa Istomina Lars Kaleschke Juha Karvonen Thomas Krumpen Mikko Lensu Michael Mayer Flavio Parmiggiani Robert Ricker Eero Rinne Amelie Schmitt Markku Similä Steffen Tietsche Rasmus Tonboe Peter Wadhams Mai Winstrup Hao Zuo Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme Remote Sensing Arctic sea ice remote sensing forecasting |
| title | Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme |
| title_full | Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme |
| title_fullStr | Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme |
| title_short | Satellite Observations for Detecting and Forecasting Sea-Ice Conditions: A Summary of Advances Made in the SPICES Project by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme |
| title_sort | satellite observations for detecting and forecasting sea ice conditions a summary of advances made in the spices project by the eu s horizon 2020 programme |
| topic | Arctic sea ice remote sensing forecasting |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/7/1214 |
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