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Detection of Melt Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice with Optical Satellite Data

Part of the Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs Book Series (volume 25)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-37033-5

ISBN: 978-3-642-37032-8

Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg - Springer Journals

May 4, 2013

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Chapter 1Introduction

Rösel, Anja

Pages: 1 –5

[Over the last three decades, significant reductions in sea ice extent and thickness of Arctic sea ice have been documented (e.g. [37, 46, 75]). A series of extreme September sea ice extent minima have been observed in the last 10 years, which have accelerated the rate of decline [76]. It is to...
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Chapter 2Physical Characteristics of Sea Ice

Rösel, Anja

Pages: 7 –16

[Perovich declares in his monograph “The Optical Properties of Sea Ice” [54] parameters, which are used to describe reflection, absorption, and transmission of sea ice (see Fig. 2.1). In the recent study, the main focus is on the definitions related to the reflection of solar incidence on sea ice.]
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Chapter 3Optical Remote Sensing

Rösel, Anja

Pages: 17 –25

[The sensors used in this study are part of the on-board measurement system of the satellites Landsat 7, Terra and Aqua. All three are near-polar orbiting satellites. This ensures acquisition of a neighboring swath during the next orbit. Their orbits are sun-synchronous, resulting in image...
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Chapter 4Melt Pond Determination from Landsat Satellite Data

Rösel, Anja

Pages: 27 –36

[Since January 2009, Landsat satellite imagery is freely accessible through the archive of the US Geological Survey (USGS).]
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Chapter 5Melt Pond Determination from MODIS Data

Rösel, Anja

Pages: 37 –64

[As demonstrated in Sect. 4.1, the extensive Landsat archive is not suitable to generate neither a multi-annual nor an Arctic-wide melt pond data set. Because of the comparatively lower resolution and wider swath width of the MODIS sensor, a continuous spatial coverage of the Arctic with...
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Chapter 6Summary and Outlook

Rösel, Anja

Pages: 65 –94

[The strong decline of the Arctic sea ice extent, especially in the last decade, and the inability of recent climate models to predict this development, give a strong motivation to collect observational data to better understand the interaction between atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean. Because melt...

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