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Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2829-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-2829-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 7
Research article
 | 
14 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 14 Jul 2023

Spaceborne thermal infrared observations of Arctic sea ice leads at 30 m resolution

Yujia Qiu, Xiao-Ming Li, and Huadong Guo

Data sets

MODIS Sea ice leads detections using a U-Net J. Hoffman, S. Ackerman, Y. Liu, J. Key, and I. McConnell https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.79cnp5hz2

MODIS/Terra Sea Ice Extent 5-min L2 Swath 1km, Version 61 D. K. Hall and G. Riggs https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD29.061

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1959 to present H. Hersbach, B. Bell, P. Berrisford, G. Biavati, A. Horányi, J. Muñoz Sabater, J. Nicolas, C. Peubey, R. Radu, I. Rozum, D. Schepers, A. Simmons, C. Soci, D. Dee, and J.-N. Thépaut https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

OMI/Aura TOMS-Like Ozone and Radiative Cloud Fraction L3 1 day 0.25 degree × 0.25 degree V3 P. K. Bhartia https://doi.org/10.5067/Aura/OMI/DATA3002

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Short summary
Spaceborne thermal infrared sensors with kilometer-scale resolution cannot support adequate parameterization of Arctic leads. For the first time, we applied the 30 m resolution data from the Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (TIS) on the emerging SDGSAT-1 to detect Arctic leads. Validation with Sentinel-2 data shows high accuracy for the three TIS bands. Compared to MODIS, the TIS presents more narrow leads, demonstrating its great potential for observing previously unresolvable Arctic leads.
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