Murashkin, Dmitrii (2023): Binary sea ice lead maps derived from Sentinel-1 SAR images during MOSAiC expedition [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.962904
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Abstract:
During winter, a significant part of the Arctic Ocean is covered with sea ice. Sea ice works as an insulation layer between the ocean and the atmosphere. The presence of leads is an important feature of the Arctic sea ice cover. Leads are areas with open water or thin ice, which are usually of elongated shape. Leads regulate the heat, gas, and moisture fluxes between the ocean and the atmosphere and are places of increased sea ice production, during periods of freezing conditions. Here binary lead maps derived from Sentinel-1 SAR images covering the MOSAiC expedition, which took place in the Central Arctic in 2019-2020, are presented. The data set contains 1596 classified Sentinel-1 scenes acquired in the extra wide swath (EW) mode with 400 km swath width and 40 meters pixel spacing. The maps are produced with a binary classification algorithm based on a convolutional neural network. Results are provided as geotiff images in the SAR geometry with the native SAR 40 meters pixel size. Georeferencing is done with ground control points corresponding to the ground control points provided with Sentinel-1 images.
Related to:
von Albedyll, Luisa; Hendricks, Stefan; Hutter, Nils; Murashkin, Dmitrii; Kaleschke, Lars; Willmes, Sascha; Thielke, Linda; Tian-Kunze, Xiangshan; Spreen, Gunnar; Haas, Christian (in review): Lead fractions from SAR-derived sea ice divergence during MOSAiC. The Cryosphere Discussions, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2023-123
Source:
Copernicus Sentinel data [2019-2020]. retrieved from ASF DAAC, processed by ESA, https://asf.alaska.edu/
Project(s):
Funding:
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AFMOSAiC-1_00: Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate
Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (AWI), grant/award no. AWI_PS122_00: Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate / MOSAiC
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 83.700366 * Median Longitude: 35.293984 * South-bound Latitude: 74.265612 * West-bound Longitude: -48.349066 * North-bound Latitude: 85.892663 * East-bound Longitude: 171.302651
Date/Time Start: 2019-09-26T02:54:52 * Date/Time End: 2020-07-14T09:00:05
Event(s):
PS122/1-track * Latitude Start: 69.679550 * Longitude Start: 18.996650 * Latitude End: 86.593190 * Longitude End: 119.241500 * Date/Time Start: 2019-09-20T17:30:00 * Date/Time End: 2019-12-13T09:04:45 * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS122/1 (MOSAiC20192020) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT) * Comment: Tromsø - Arctic Ocean, MOSAiC Leg 1
PS122/2-track * Latitude Start: 86.593183 * Longitude Start: 119.242046 * Latitude End: 88.591065 * Longitude End: 55.585682 * Date/Time Start: 2019-12-13T09:04:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-02-24T08:59:59 * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS122/2 (MOSAiC20192020) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT)
PS122/3-track * Latitude Start: 88.591064 * Longitude Start: 55.585572 * Latitude End: 78.234121 * Longitude End: 15.624074 * Date/Time Start: 2020-02-24T09:00:00 * Date/Time End: 2020-06-04T06:30:00 * Location: Arctic Ocean * Campaign: PS122/3 (MOSAiC20192020) * Basis: Polarstern * Method/Device: Underway cruise track measurements (CT)
Comment:
Scene metadata include scene name, central coordinate (lat and lon), acquisition time. See https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/user-guides/sentinel-1-sar/naming-conventions for the file naming convention.
Parameter(s):
| # | Name | Short Name | Unit | Principal Investigator | Method/Device | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Murashkin, Dmitrii | Geocode – start | ||
| 2 | DATE/TIME | Date/Time | Murashkin, Dmitrii | Geocode – end | ||
| 3 | LATITUDE | Latitude | Murashkin, Dmitrii | Geocode – central coordinate | ||
| 4 | LONGITUDE | Longitude | Murashkin, Dmitrii | Geocode – central coordinate | ||
| 5 | Binary Object | Binary | Murashkin, Dmitrii | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Sentinel, 1A/B | ||
| 6 | Binary Object (File Size) | Binary (Size) | Bytes | Murashkin, Dmitrii | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Sentinel, 1A/B | |
| 7 | Binary Object (MD5 Hash) | Binary (Hash) | Murashkin, Dmitrii | Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Sentinel, 1A/B |
License:
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY-4.0)
Status:
Curation Level: Basic curation (CurationLevelB) * Processing Level: PANGAEA data processing level 3 (ProcLevel3)
Size:
1596 data points