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24 Jun 2020
Research article |
| 24 Jun 2020
| 24 Jun 2020
Satellite-retrieved sea ice concentration uncertainty and its effect on modelling wave evolution in marginal ice zones
Takehiko Nose
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Takuji Waseda
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Tsubasa Kodaira
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
Jun Inoue
National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan
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- CryoSat-2 Significant Wave Height in Polar Oceans Derived Using a Semi-Analytical Model of Synthetic Aperture Radar 2011–2019 H. Heorton et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13204166
- Wave-in-ice: theoretical bases and field observations H. Shen https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0254
- Wind amplifies the polar sea ice retreat R. Alkama et al. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abc379
- A comparison of an operational wave–ice model product and drifting wave buoy observation in the central Arctic Ocean: investigating the effect of sea-ice forcing in thin ice cover T. Nose et al. https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.8874
- Observation of on-ice wind waves under grease ice in the western Arctic Ocean T. Kodaira et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100567
- Wave–sea-ice interactions in a brittle rheological framework G. Boutin et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-431-2021
- Satellite passive microwave sea-ice concentration data set intercomparison using Landsat data S. Kern et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-349-2022
- Targeted Observations on Arctic Sea Ice Concentration for Improving Extended‐Range Prediction of Ural Blocking Y. Gao et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039630
- Observation of anomalous spectral downshifting of waves in the Okhotsk Sea Marginal Ice Zone T. Waseda et al. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2021.0256
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- Long-term assessment of wave conditions and wave energy resource in the Arctic Ocean K. Christakos et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2023.119678
- Retrieval of Ocean Wave Heights From Spaceborne SAR in the Arctic Ocean With a Neural Network K. Wu et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016946
- Sensitivity of the Bootstrap sea ice concentration algorithm to surface parameters in the Antarctic marginal ice zone using passive microwave retrievals M. Stentella et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-4465-2026
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- Oceanic Supply of Ice‐Nucleating Particles and Its Effect on Ice Cloud Formation: A Case Study in the Arctic Ocean During a Cold‐Air Outbreak in Early Winter J. Inoue et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL094646
- Wave erosion, frontal bending, and calving at Ross Ice Shelf N. Sartore et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-249-2025
- A semi-nonlinear theoretical model for wind-generated waves in the marginal ice zone C. Zhang & X. Zhao https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0253612
- Ice floe segmentation and floe size distribution in airborne and high-resolution optical satellite images: towards an automated labelling deep learning approach Q. Zhang & N. Hughes https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-5519-2023
- Evolution of the Floe Size Distribution in Arctic Summer Based on High-Resolution Satellite Imagery Z. Li et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16142545
- A 12-year climate record of wintertime wave-affected marginal ice zones in the Atlantic Arctic based on CryoSat-2 W. Zhu et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-16-2917-2024
- Record high Pacific Arctic seawater temperatures and delayed sea ice advance in response to episodic atmospheric blocking T. Kodaira et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77488-y
- Climatic trends of extreme wave events caused by Arctic Cyclones in the western Arctic Ocean T. Waseda et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2020.100625
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Short summary
Accurate wave modelling in and near ice-covered ocean requires true sea ice concentration mapping of the model region. The information derived from satellite instruments has considerable uncertainty depending on retrieval algorithms and sensors. This study shows that the accuracy of satellite-retrieved sea ice concentration estimates is a major error source in wave–ice models. A similar feedback effect of sea ice concentration uncertainty may also apply to modelling lower atmospheric conditions.
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