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Comparative Study of KOMPSAT-1 EOC Images and SSM/I NASA Team Sea Ice Concentration of the Arctic

북극의 KOMPSAT-1 EOC 영상과 SSM/I NASA Team 해빙 면적비의 비교 연구

  • Published : 2007.12.30
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Abstract

Satellite passive microwave(PM) sensors have been observing polar sea ice concentration(SIC), ice temperature, and snow depth since 1970s. Among them SIC is playing an important role in the various studies as it is considered the first factor for the monitoring of global climate and environment changes. Verification and correction of PM SIC is essential for this purpose. In this study, we calculated SIC from KOMPSAT-1 EOC images obtained from Arctic sea ice edges from July to August 2005 and compared with SSM/I SIC calculated from NASA Team(NT) algorithm. When we have no consideration of sea ice types, EOC and SSM/I NT SIC showed low correlation coefficient of 0.574. This is because there are differences in spatial resolution and observing time between two sensors, and the temporal and spatial variation of sea ice was high in summer Arctic ice edge. For the verification of SSM/I NT SIC according to sea ice types, we divided sea ice into land-fast ice, pack ice, and drift ice from EOC images, and compared them with SSM/I NT SIC corresponding to each ice type. The concentration of land-fast ice between EOC and SSM/I SIC were calculated very similarly to each other with the mean difference of 0.38%. This is because the temporal and spatial variation of land-fast ice is small, and the snow condition on the ice surface is relatively dry. In case of pack ice, there were lots of ice ridge and new ice that are known to be underestimated by NT algorithm. SSM/I NT SIC were lower than EOC SIC by 19.63% in average. In drift ice, SSM/I NT SIC showed 20.17% higher than EOC SIC in average. The sea ice with high concentration could be included inside the wide IFOV of SSM/I because the drift ice was located near the edge of pack ice. It is also suggested that SSM/I NT SIC overestimated the drift ice covered by wet snow.

인공위성 수동 마이크로파(passive microwave, PM) 센서는 1970년대부터 극지 해빙의 면적비(sea ice concentration, SIC)와 표면 온도(ice temperature), 적설 두께(snow depth) 등을 관찰하고 있다. 특히 SIC는 기후 및 환경 변화 관찰을 위한 1차 요소로 고려되는 등 다양한 연구 분야에서 중요한 역할을 하기 때문에 PM SIC의 지속적인 검증과 보정이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 2005년 7-8월 북극해의 가장 자리를 촬영한 KOMPSAT-1 EOC 영상으로부터 SIC를 계산하였고, 이를 NASA Team(NT) 알고리즘으로 계산된 SSM/I SIC와 비교하였다. EOC와 SSM/I NT SIC는 서로 다른 해상도와 관측 시각을 가지며 북극의 여름철 해빙 분포지역의 가장자리에서 해빙의 시공간적인 변화가 크기 때문에, 해빙의 유형을 고려하지 않았을 경우 0.574의 낮은 상관성을 보였다. 해빙의 유형에 따른 SSM/I NT SIC를 검증하기 위하여 EOC 영상으로부터 정착빙, 부빙, 유빙으로 해빙 형태를 분류하였고, 각 유형 별로 EOC와 SSM/I NT SIC를 비교하였다. 정착빙의 면적비는 EOC와 SSM/I NT SIC 사이에서 평균 오차가 0.38%로 매우 유사한 값을 나타냈다. 이는 정착빙의 시공간적인 변화가 작기 때문이며, 표면에 쌓인 눈은 건조한 상태일 것으로 추정되었다. 부빙의 경우 NT 알고리즘에서 면적비가 과소평가되는 빙맥(ice ridge)과 new ice가 많이 관찰되었으며, 이로 인해 SSM/I NT SIC는 EOC보다 평균 19.63%작은 값을 나타냈다. 유빙 지역에서 SSM/I NT SIC는 EOC보다 평균 20.17% 큰 값을 가진다. 유빙은 부빙의 가장자리와 가까운 지역에 위치하기 때문에 SSM/I의 넓은 IFOV 내에 비교적 높은 SIC를 가지는 부빙이 포함되어 오차를 일으킬 수 있다. 또한 유빙표면에 쌓인 수분 함량이 높은 눈의 영향으로 SSM/I NT SIC가 과대 측정되었을 것으로 사료된다.

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