Retrieval of Arctic surface conditions and cloud properties from AVHRR data: a time series for the Beaufort Sea

Author

Meier, Walter ; Maslanik, James ; Key, Jeffrey ; Fowler, Charles

Author_Institution

Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

73

Abstract

Generation of an integrated set of remotely-sensed products for sea-ice monitoring and modeling is tested using AVHHR data of the Arctic Beaufort Sea region for June 1992 through July 1993. The resulting product set includes a suite of parameters applicable to energy balance calculations and monitoring of detailed sea ice processes. Using calibrated and navigated AVHRR 1.1 km imagery, cloud fraction, ice surface temperature, surface albedo, downwelling radiative fluxes, ice motion vectors, and cloud properties such as optical depth, phase and droplet effective radius are estimated. The authors describe the processing strategy and use these products to summarize conditions during the study period

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; clouds; meteorology; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; sea ice; AD 1992; AD 1993; AVHRR; Arctic Ocean; Arctic surface conditions; Beaufort Sea; IR imaging; atmosphere; cloud; energy balance calculations; ice motion; measurement technique; meteorology; optical remote sensing; polar ocean; sea ice; sea surface; visible imaging; Arctic; Clouds; Condition monitoring; Ice surface; Ocean temperature; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Sea ice; Sea surface; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516248

Filename

516248