SAR

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RG5-LF: An improved Arctic-wide winter lead-fraction dataset over 2002–2015 for climate-oriented studies and model development

The project is devoted to improvement of lead fraction retrievals in the Arctic from satellites. These will then be used to study processes such as heat exchange between the ocean and the atmosphere and brine rejection during the ice formation.

Participants: N. Ivanova, P. Rampal, S. Bouillon, E. Ólason (NERSC), I. Fer, L.H Smedsrud (GFI), and M. Ilicak (Uni-Research)

Project Details

Funding Agency:

Centre for Climate Dynamics - Research Council of Norway

Coordinating Institute:

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Project Status:

Completed

SONARC: Development of sea ice monitoring and forecasting system to support safe operations and navigation in Arctic Seas

SONARC is a NORRUSS project contributing to research cooperation between Norway and Russia with focus on satellite technology for safe navigation and maritime operations in the Arctic. SONARC was running from April 2015 to November 2018

The main objective of SONARC is to develop a sea ice monitoring and forecasting system to support safe operations and navigation in Arctic Seas. SONARC has exploited Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data from satellites as a major component of this system. From 2015 Sentinel-1 has been the main provider of SAR data, deliverig data every day in near realtime for monitoring of sea ice and other environmental parameters.

Project Details

Funding Agency:

Research Council of Norway

Project Deputy Leader at NERSC:

Lasse H. Pettersson

Coordinating Institute:

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Project Status:

Completed

Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center	Nansen-Bangladesh International Centre for Coastal, Ocean and Climate Studies	Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Center
Nansen Environmental Research Center – India	Nansen–Zhu International Research Centre	Nansen-Tutu Centre for Marine Environmental Research