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Polar Oceans from Space

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  • © 2010

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Authors:
  1. Josefino Comiso

    1. Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA, Greenland, U.S.A.

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  • Presents unique information on polar oceans derived from satellite data for predictive purposes
  • Discusses the changes of ice-covered oceans over the last 25 years and how these changes may be related to observed environmental changes
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library (ATSL, volume 41)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Background

    • Josefino Comiso
    Pages 1-17

  3. Fundamental Characteristics of the Polar Oceans and Their Sea Ice Cover

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    Pages 19-71

  4. Satellite Remote Sensing Techniques

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    Pages 73-111

  5. Geophysical Parameters and Algorithms for High Latitude Applications

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    Pages 113-180

  6. Variability of Surface Pressure, Winds, and Clouds

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    Pages 181-221

  7. Variability of Surface Temperature and Albedo

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    Pages 223-294

  8. Characteristics and Variability of the Sea Ice Cover

    • Josefino Comiso
    Pages 295-363

  9. Polynyas and Other Polar Phenomena

    • Josefino Comiso
    Pages 365-402

  10. Variability of Phytoplankton Pigment Concentrations and Primary Productivity

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    Pages 403-447

  11. Decadal Changes, Correlations, and Trends

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    Pages 449-495

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 497-507
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Only a few centuries ago, we knew very little about our planet Earth. The Earth was considered flat by many although it was postulated by a few like Aristotle that it is spherical based on observations that included the study of lunar eclipses. Much later, Christopher Columbus successfully sailed to the West to discover the New World and Ferdinand Magellan’s ship circumnavigated the globe to prove once and for all that the Earth is indeed a sphere. Worldwide navigation and explorations that followed made it clear that the Earth is huge and rather impossible to study solely by foot or by water. The advent of air travel made it a lot easier to do exploratory studies and enabled the mapping of the boundaries of continents and the oceans. But aircraft coverage was limited and it was not until the satellite era that full c- erage of the Earth’s surface became available. Many of the early satellites were research satellites and that meant in part the development of engineering measurement systems with no definite applications in mind. The Nimbus-5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) was a classic case in point. The sensor was built with the idea that it may be useful for meteorological research and especially rainfall studies over the oceans, but success in this area of study was very limited.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), NASA, Greenland, U.S.A.

    Josefino Comiso

About the author

Josefino C. Comiso is a Senior Research Scientist of the Oceans and Ice Branch Division of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. His current research interests include: (a) the detection of climate change from historical data; (b) the role of Odden and polynyas in ocean convection and bottom water formation; (c) air-sea-ice interactions and biological processes in the polar regions; (d) radiative transfer modelling studies and satellite algorithms for sea, ice and snow.

 

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