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Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3867-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-17-3867-2023
© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
Research article
 | 
06 Sep 2023
Research article |  | 06 Sep 2023

Relevance of warm air intrusions for Arctic satellite sea ice concentration time series

Philip Rostosky and Gunnar Spreen

Data sets

Wintertime Arctic warm air intrusion detection algorithm for satellite sea ice concentration analysis Philip Rostosky https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8160071

NOAA/NSIDC Climate Data Record of Passive Microwave Sea Ice Concentration, Version 4 W. N. Meier, F. Fetterer, A. K. Windnagel, and J. S. Stewart https://doi.org/10.7265/efmz-2t65

Model code and software

Wintertime Arctic warm air intrusion detection algorithm for satellite sea ice concentration analysis Philip Rostosky https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8160071

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Short summary
During winter, storms entering the Arctic region can bring warm air into the cold environment. Strong increases in air temperature modify the characteristics of the Arctic snow and ice cover. The Arctic sea ice cover can be monitored by satellites observing the natural emission of the Earth's surface. In this study, we show that during warm air intrusions the change in the snow characteristics influences the satellite-derived sea ice cover, leading to a false reduction of the estimated ice area.
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