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Detection of Melt Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice with Optical Satellite Data pp 17–25Cite as

Optical Remote Sensing

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The sensors used in this study are part of the on-board measurement system of the satellites Landsat 7, Terra and Aqua. All three are near-polar orbiting satellites. This ensures acquisition of a neighboring swath during the next orbit. Their orbits are sun-synchronous, resulting in image acquisition at nearly the same local time for each area of the world. For more technical details of satellites and sensors see [34].

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Notes

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    Detailed wavelength ranges are listed in Appendix A.1.

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    http://nsidc.org/data/polar_stereo/ps_grids.html, accessed in February 2012.

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    Detailed wavelength ranges are listed in Appendix A.2.

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    https://wist.echo.nasa.gov/api/, accessed in February 2012.

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    Personal communication with Chrystal Schaaf, 24 August 2010.

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    Hierarchical Data Format.

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    http://nsidc.org/data/polar_stereo/ps_grids.html, accessed in February 2012.

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    Network Common Data Form.

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