Skip to data content Skip to data search
Earth Observing Laboratory
Field Data Archive

Estimates of Sea Ice Floe Velocities Characterizing Whaling Seasons Using Satellite Imagery of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Spring 2000 and 2001

Project:

Summary

This data set formed the basis for estimating sea ice floe velocities covering two spring whaling seasons with markedly different rates of success from March to June in 2000 and 2001 in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas near Barrow, Alaska. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images from the RADARSAT and the European Remote Sensing Two (ERS - 2) satellites and broadband visible (VIS) and infrared (IR)images from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) satellite were used. Sea ice floe velocity and sea ice reflectance are the parameters used in this data set. The temporal resolution of these images were from one to seven days with a mean of three days. The spatial resolution was 30 m to 1.6 km. These images were georeferenced and reproduced in Microsoft PowerPoint format; thus, PowerPoint is necessary to view these images.

Data access

Additional information

Identifier
Versions
  • 1.0 (2009-04-29)
Subscribe Subscribe to receive email when new or updated data is available.
Related projects
Spatial Type point
Frequency daily
Language English
Grant Code 9908682
ISO Topic Categories
  • oceans
Categories
Platforms
Instruments
GCMD Science Keywords Expand keywords
Documentation
Related links

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2000-03-01 00:00:00
End datetime 2001-06-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 80.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 65.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -141.00

Primary point of contact information

David W. Norton <arcrim@ptialaska.net>

Additional contact information

Citation

Norton, D., Gaylord, A., Norton, D. 2009. Estimates of Sea Ice Floe Velocities Characterizing Whaling Seasons Using Satellite Imagery of the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Spring 2000 and 2001. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D68P5XNW. Accessed 22 Nov 2024.

Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Additional citation styles

The citation text below is from the DataCite Content Resolver service and may take a few seconds to load. The styles and locales are obtained from CrossCite, which also provides a citation formatter. See ReFindit for another alternative. Formatting is not perfect: please verify and edit before use. Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Style: Locale:

Ancillary information

Metadata download

Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"

NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.