Coastal Sea Ice Concentration Derived from Marine Radar Images: A Case Study from Utqiaġvik, Alaska
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. (Near-Real-Time) Climate Data Record Sea Ice Concentration Data
2.2. Merged MODIS-AMSR2 Sea Ice Concentration Data
2.3. Coastal Sea Ice Radar System Images
2.4. Floe Edge Detection Algorithms
2.5. Post-Processing
2.6. Parameters Optimization
2.7. Comparison of SIC Products
3. Results
3.1. Optimization/Validation
3.2. CSIRS Reconstructed Sea Ice Concentration
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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SIC Type | r | RMSE | MBE | |
---|---|---|---|---|
CDR | Daily | 0.18 | 0.34 | −0.010 |
7 Days RM | 0.26 | 0.31 | −0.010 | |
31 Days RM | 0.71 | 0.28 | −0.010 | |
merged MODIS-AMSR2 | Daily | 0.54 | 0.29 | − |
7 Days RM | 0.68 | 0.23 | − | |
31 Days RM | 0.59 | 0.20 |
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St-Denis, F.; Tremblay, L.B.; Mahoney, A.R.; Takata-Glushkoff, K.P.L.M. Coastal Sea Ice Concentration Derived from Marine Radar Images: A Case Study from Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Remote Sens. 2024, 16, 3357. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183357
St-Denis F, Tremblay LB, Mahoney AR, Takata-Glushkoff KPLM. Coastal Sea Ice Concentration Derived from Marine Radar Images: A Case Study from Utqiaġvik, Alaska. Remote Sensing. 2024; 16(18):3357. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183357
Chicago/Turabian StyleSt-Denis, Felix, L. Bruno Tremblay, Andrew R. Mahoney, and Kitrea Pacifica L. M. Takata-Glushkoff. 2024. "Coastal Sea Ice Concentration Derived from Marine Radar Images: A Case Study from Utqiaġvik, Alaska" Remote Sensing 16, no. 18: 3357. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16183357