Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2013, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 328-336
Arctic sea ice retreat from satellite passive microwave observations
Saint Petersburg State University; Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre, Saint Petersburg, 10th Line, 33/35; Saint Petersburg, 14 Line, 7
Arctic sea ice cover transformations derived from passive microwave satellite data for the period November 1978 – December 2012 are reported and discussed in the paper. The average overall trend of the ice cover for the whole Arctic is negative and sea ice coverage demonstrates acceleration in the decline. The sharpest downward trend is observed for the sea ice left at the end of each summer. Ice conditions in the seas of the Russian Arctic are analyzed in details. Increasing speed of the ice retreat in summer in the present century is reported.
Keywords: морской лед, сокращение ледяного покрова, Арктика, моря Российской Арктики, дистанционное зондирование в микроволновом диапазоне, потепление климата, sea ice, sea ice retreat, Arctic, seas of the Russian Arctic, remote sensing in the microwave region, climate change
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