Scientific value of Arctic Sea ice imagery derived products / / Committee on the Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products, Committee on Climate, Energy, and National Security, Polar Research Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies ; National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963481503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009
• ISBN: 9786612272431; 9780309141826; 0309141826; 9781282272439; 1282272438; 9780309137645; 0309137640
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (49 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.34
• Soggetti: Sea ice - Environmental aspects - Arctic regions; Sea ice - Arctic regions - Remote sensing; Sea ice - Polar Regions - Remote sensing; Climatic changes - Environmental aspects - Arctic regions; Global warming - Arctic regions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-29).
• Nota di contenuto: ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Sea Ice and the Global Climate System""; ""2 Potential Uses of the Medea Data Set""; ""3 Recommendations""; ""References""; ""Appendix A: Statement of Task""; ""Appendix B: Acronyms and Initialisms""; ""Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biosketches""
• Sommario/riassunto: During the 1990s, a government program brought together environmental scientists and members of the intelligence community to consider how classified assets and data could be applied to further the understanding of environmental change. As part of the Medea program, ; collection of overhead classified imagery of sea ice at four sites around the Arctic basin was initiated in 1999, and two additional sites were added in 2005. Collection of images during the summer months at these six locations has continued until the present day. Several hundred unclassified images with a nominal resolution of 1 meter have been derived from the classified images collected at the 6 Arctic sites. To assist in the process of making the unclassified derived imagery more widely useful, the National Research Council reviewed the derived images and considered their potential uses for scientific research. In this book, we explore the importance of sea ice in the Arctic and illustrate the types of information--often unique in its detail--that the derived images could contribute to the scientific discussion.