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Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3897-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-3897-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 15, issue 8
Research article
 | 
20 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 20 Aug 2021

MOSAiC drift expedition from October 2019 to July 2020: sea ice conditions from space and comparison with previous years

Thomas Krumpen, Luisa von Albedyll, Helge F. Goessling, Stefan Hendricks, Bennet Juhls, Gunnar Spreen, Sascha Willmes, H. Jakob Belter, Klaus Dethloff, Christian Haas, Lars Kaleschke, Christian Katlein, Xiangshan Tian-Kunze, Robert Ricker, Philip Rostosky, Janna Rückert, Suman Singha, and Julia Sokolova

Data sets

AMSR2 ASI sea-ice concentration data, Arctic, version 5.4, July 2012 – December 2018 C. Melsheimer and G. Spreen https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.898399

AMSR-E ASI sea-ice concentration data, Arctic, version 5.4, June 2002 – September 2011 C. Melsheimer and G. Spreen https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899090

Video supplement

Time series of divergence, convergence, and shear fields along the drift track of the MOSAiC floe Luisa von Albedyll https://doi.org/10.5446/51302

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Short summary
We use satellite data records collected along the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) drift to categorize ice conditions that shaped and characterized the floe and surroundings during the expedition. A comparison with previous years is made whenever possible. The aim of this analysis is to provide a basis and reference for subsequent research in the six main research areas of atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, biogeochemistry, remote sensing and ecology.
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