Articles | Volume 15, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2803-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-2803-2021
Research article
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18 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 18 Jun 2021

An improved sea ice detection algorithm using MODIS: application as a new European sea ice extent indicator

Joan Antoni Parera-Portell, Raquel Ubach, and Charles Gignac

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on tc-2020-333', Anonymous Referee #1, 27 Jan 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Joan Antoni Parera Portell, 11 Feb 2021
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2020-333', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Feb 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Joan Antoni Parera Portell, 11 Feb 2021

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (14 Apr 2021) by Melody Sandells
AR by Joan Antoni Parera Portell on behalf of the Authors (28 Apr 2021)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (16 May 2021) by Melody Sandells
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Short summary
We describe a new method to map sea ice and water at 500 m resolution using data acquired by the MODIS sensors. The strength of this method is that it achieves high-accuracy results and is capable of attenuating unwanted resolution-breaking effects caused by cloud masking. Our resulting March and September monthly aggregates reflect the loss of sea ice in the European Arctic during the 2000–2019 period and show the algorithm's usefulness as a sea ice monitoring tool.