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26 Jan 2022
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| 26 Jan 2022
| 26 Jan 2022
Satellite passive microwave sea-ice concentration data set intercomparison using Landsat data
Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC), Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Thomas Lavergne
Research and Development Department, Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway
Leif Toudal Pedersen
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Rasmus Tage Tonboe
Danish Meteorological Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
now at: National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Louisa Bell
Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC), Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
now at: Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS), Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, Hamburg, Germany
Maybritt Meyer
Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC), Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
now at: Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Hamburg, Germany
Luise Zeigermann
Integrated Climate Data Center (ICDC), Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
now at: Faculty of Science for Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. Johns, Canada
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Short summary
High-resolution clear-sky optical satellite imagery has rarely been used to evaluate satellite passive microwave sea-ice concentration products beyond case-study level. By comparing 10 such products with sea-ice concentration estimated from > 350 such optical images in both hemispheres, we expand results of earlier evaluation studies for these products. Results stress the need to look beyond precision and accuracy and to discuss the evaluation data’s quality and filters applied in the products.
High-resolution clear-sky optical satellite imagery has rarely been used to evaluate satellite...
