Sea Ice Melt Pond Fraction Derived From Sentinel‐2 Data: Along the MOSAiC Drift and Arctic‐Wide

• Published in: Geophysical research letters Vol. 50; no. 5
• Main Authors: Niehaus, Hannah, Spreen, Gunnar, Birnbaum, Gerit, Istomina, Larysa, Jäkel, Evelyn, Linhardt, Felix, Neckel, Niklas, Fuchs, Niels, Nicolaus, Marcel, Sperzel, Tim, Tao, Ran, Webster, Melinda, Wright, Nicholas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 16.03.2023; Wiley
• Subjects: Albedo; Algorithms; Arctic sea ice; Classification; Datasets; Helicopters; Ice cover; Ice formation; Ice melting; Mass balance; Mass balance of sea ice; melt ponds; MOSAiC; Observatories; Ponds; Satellite imagery; Satellite observation; Satellites; Sea ice; Seasonal variation; Sentinel‐2; Summer; Arctic region

Melt ponds forming on Arctic sea ice in summer significantly reduce the surface albedo and impact the heat and mass balance of the sea ice. Therefore, their areal coverage, which can undergo rapid change, is crucial to monitor. We present a revised method to extract melt pond fraction (MPF) from Sen...