Identification of the age and compression areas of sea ice from the AMSU satellite microwave radiometer data |
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Authors: | M V Bukharov A V Kukharskii N S Mironova V I Solov’ev |
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Institution: | (1) Cryospheric Sciences Branch, Code 614.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA |
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Abstract: | A physical substantiation of the new quantitative index of sea ice scattering (Bukharov index) computed from the all-weather
AMSU satellite radiometer data is considered. A high sensitivity of the scattering index to the age, thickness, and hummocking
of ice in the areas of its compression is demonstrated. The daily maps of the sea ice scattering index in the Arctic are plotted.
The analysis of maps enabled to reveal a new phenomenon, a steady existence of various-scale areas of short-range deformations
of the sea ice in the Arctic. A new technique is proposed of the identification of age, relative thickness, and compression
areas of ice using the maps of minimum and maximum values of the scattering index. |
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