Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry data

Passive-microwave sea ice concentration (SIC) algorithms employ different frequencies and polarisations in their operational implementations. Commonly, these algorithms utilise combinations such as 19/37 GHz, yielding reduced measurement uncertainties but at a coarse spatial resolution. Alternativel...

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Main Authors: Jozef Rusin, Thomas Lavergne, Anthony P. Doulgeris, K. Andrea Scott
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Published: Cambridge University Press 2025-01-01
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description Passive-microwave sea ice concentration (SIC) algorithms employ different frequencies and polarisations in their operational implementations. Commonly, these algorithms utilise combinations such as 19/37 GHz, yielding reduced measurement uncertainties but at a coarse spatial resolution. Alternatively, these algorithms can solely use 89 GHz, producing a higher spatial resolution but with increased measurement uncertainties. This study evaluates the application of a resolution-enhancing SIC algorithm (reSICCI3LF), initially developed for the coarser Special Sensor Microwave Imager / Sounder, on the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer. By applying reSICCI3LF, we aim to produce a 5 km SIC for 2013–2020 in the Fram Strait and the Barents and Kara Sea region that gains the benefits of both types of algorithms, high spatial resolution and low measurement uncertainty.
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spelling doaj-art-27d2cb96c5f34a2ca0aad4fde2cede422025-08-20T03:13:14ZengCambridge University PressAnnals of Glaciology0260-30551727-56442025-01-016510.1017/aog.2024.6Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry dataJozef Rusin0Thomas Lavergne1Anthony P. Doulgeris2K. Andrea Scott3Research and Development Department, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway Department of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayResearch and Development Department, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Physics and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, NorwayDepartment of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, CanadaPassive-microwave sea ice concentration (SIC) algorithms employ different frequencies and polarisations in their operational implementations. Commonly, these algorithms utilise combinations such as 19/37 GHz, yielding reduced measurement uncertainties but at a coarse spatial resolution. Alternatively, these algorithms can solely use 89 GHz, producing a higher spatial resolution but with increased measurement uncertainties. This study evaluates the application of a resolution-enhancing SIC algorithm (reSICCI3LF), initially developed for the coarser Special Sensor Microwave Imager / Sounder, on the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer. By applying reSICCI3LF, we aim to produce a 5 km SIC for 2013–2020 in the Fram Strait and the Barents and Kara Sea region that gains the benefits of both types of algorithms, high spatial resolution and low measurement uncertainty.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305524000065/type/journal_articlepolar and subpolar oceansremote sensingsea ice
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Thomas Lavergne
Anthony P. Doulgeris
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Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry data
Annals of Glaciology
polar and subpolar oceans
remote sensing
sea ice
title Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry data
title_full Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry data
title_fullStr Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry data
title_full_unstemmed Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry data
title_short Resolution enhanced sea ice concentration: a new algorithm applied to AMSR2 microwave radiometry data
title_sort resolution enhanced sea ice concentration a new algorithm applied to amsr2 microwave radiometry data
topic polar and subpolar oceans
remote sensing
sea ice
url https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0260305524000065/type/journal_article
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