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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sea ice--Environmental aspects--Arctic regions.

Sea ice.

Sea ice--Arctic regions--Remote sensing.

Sea ice--Polar Regions--Remote sensing.

Climatic changes--Environmental aspects--Arctic regions.

Climatic changes.

Global warming--Arctic regions.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (49 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-29).

ISBN:

9786612272431

9780309141826

0309141826

9781282272439

1282272438

9780309137645

0309137640

OCLC:

923280532