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Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2469-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2469-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 14, issue 7
Research article
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28 Jul 2020
Research article |  | 28 Jul 2020

Satellite passive microwave sea-ice concentration data set inter-comparison for Arctic summer conditions

Stefan Kern, Thomas Lavergne, Dirk Notz, Leif Toudal Pedersen, and Rasmus Tonboe

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Arctic sea-ice concentration (SIC) estimates based on satellite passive microwave observations are highly inaccurate during summer melt. We compare 10 different SIC products with independent satellite data of true SIC and melt pond fraction (MPF). All products disagree with the true SIC. Regional and inter-product differences can be large and depend on the MPF. An inadequate treatment of melting snow and melt ponds in the products’ algorithms appears to be the main explanation for our findings.
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