Thin ice thickness monitoring with FORMSAT-2 RSI data

Kohei Cho, Yuusuke Mochiduki, Yuuta Yoshida, Masashige Nakayama, Kazuhiro Naoki, Chi Farn Chen

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Abstract

Global warming is one of the most serious problems facing mankind in the 21 st Century. Sea ice plays an important role in climate variability. Especially, sea ice thickness is one of the key parameters for understanding the heat flux of thin sea ice area. In this study, in situ measurements of thin ice thickness were performed simultaneously with FORMOSAT-2/RSI observation in Saroma Lake and the off the coast of Abashiri Bay, Hokkaido, Japan. The comparison of the in situ measurement of thin ice thickness and FORMOSAT-2/RSI data showed linear relationship between the two. But, on the other hand, ice thicker than 20cm did not show clear relationship of the two. In this study, the authors will discuss about the possibility and limitation of using FORMOSAT-2/RSI data for thin ice thickness monitoring.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011
Pages60-67
Number of pages8
StatePublished - 2011
Event32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011 - Tapei, Taiwan
Duration: 3 Oct 20117 Oct 2011

Publication series

Name32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011
Volume1

Conference

Conference32nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2011, ACRS 2011
Country/TerritoryTaiwan
CityTapei
Period3/10/117/10/11

Keywords

  • Abashiri Bay
  • Ice thickness
  • Optical sensor
  • Saroma Lake

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