Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3695-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3695-2023
Research article
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31 Aug 2023
Research article |  | 31 Aug 2023

Observing the evolution of summer melt on multiyear sea ice with ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2

Ellen M. Buckley, Sinéad L. Farrell, Ute C. Herzfeld, Melinda A. Webster, Thomas Trantow, Oliwia N. Baney, Kyle A. Duncan, Huilin Han, and Matthew Lawson

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2020 Multiyear Ice Region Summer Melt Data Ellen Margaret Buckley https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7568995

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In this study, we use satellite observations to investigate the evolution of melt ponds on the Arctic sea ice surface. We derive melt pond depth from ICESat-2 measurements of the pond surface and bathymetry and melt pond fraction (MPF) from the classification of Sentinel-2 imagery. MPF increases to a peak of 16 % in late June and then decreases, while depth increases steadily. This work demonstrates the ability to track evolving melt conditions in three dimensions throughout the summer.