A sea ice deformation and rotation rate dataset (2017–2023) from the Environment and Climate Change Canada automated sea ice tracking system (ECCC-ASITS)
Mathieu Plante,Jean-François Lemieux,L. Bruno Tremblay,Amélie Bouchat,Damien Ringeisen,Philippe Blain,Stephen Howell,Mike Brady,Alexander S. Komarov,Béatrice Duval,Lekima Yakuden,and Frédérique Labelle
Sea ice forms a thin boundary between the ocean and the atmosphere, with complex, crust-like dynamics and ever-changing networks of sea ice leads and ridges. Statistics of these dynamical features are often used to evaluate sea ice models. Here, we present a new pan-Arctic dataset of sea ice deformations derived from satellite imagery, from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2023. We discuss the dataset coverage and some limitations associated with uncertainties in the computed values.
Sea ice forms a thin boundary between the ocean and the atmosphere, with complex, crust-like...