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

• Main Author: Rs̲el, Anja. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg, 25
• Subjects: Law.; Oceanography.; Remote sensing.; Climatic changes.; Law of the Sea, Air and Outer Space.; Earth System Sciences.; Climate Change.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37033-5

The Arctic sea ice is characterized by profound changes caused by surface melting processes and the formation of melt ponds in summer. Melt ponds contribute to the ice-albedo feedback as they reduce the surface albedo of sea ice, and hence accelerate the decay of Arctic sea ice. To quantify the melt...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Physical characteristics of sea ice
• Optical Remote Sensing
• Melt pond determination from Landsat satellite data
• Melt pond determination from MODIS data
• Summary and outlook
• Glossary.