Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products (2009)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix B: Acronyms and Initialisms." National Research Council. 2009. Scientific Value of Arctic Sea Ice Imagery Derived Products. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12631.

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Appendix B Acronyms and Initialisms AIDJEX Arctic Ice Dynamics Joint Experiment AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System AR4 Fourth Assessment Report ERS SAR European Space Agency Synthetic Aperture Radar GHG Greenhouse Gas ICESat Ice, Clouds, Land Elevation Satellite IGY International Geophysical Year INSROP International Northern Sea Route Program IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate LIDPs Literal Imagery Products MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging MY multi-year NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite SHEBA Solution High-Energy Assembly SSM/I Special Sensor Microwave/Imager USGS United States Geological Survey 32

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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.

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