Sentences with phrase «sea ice age map»
Not exact matches
Regarding conditions for spring 2012, Figure 4 shows maps of ice categories derived from sea - ice age for the beginning of May 2012, with maps for early May and mid-September 2011 included for comparison.
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These ice - age maps are based on tracking the motion of sea ice using passive - microwave satellite data.
The Kwok figure is reinforced by Figure 4 by Jim Maslanik and Mark Tschudi, which maps the distribution of different sea - ice age classes.
The ice age product is based on a 15 % sea ice concentration threshold to be consistent with the threshold used for mapping overall sea ice extent.
Regarding initial conditions for Spring 2010, Figure 2 by Maslanik and others shows maps of sea ice classes derived from sea ice age for April 2010 and 2009.
It is unfortunate that maps of multi-year sea ice distribution for 2010 derived from QuikSCAT (provided by Nghiem) are no longer available to compare with sea ice age calculations, as in previous years.