<p>In [1] a new method is described for fusing spectral BRF and derived albedo at 1.1km within the 7 minutes that MISR acquires images of a surface point with coincident MODIS nadir spectral data processed into a 1km sea ice mask. NetCDF products were produced in polar stereographic projection and produced on daily, weekly, fortnightly and monthly from November to February each year from 2000-2016. Arctic sea ice albedo has been previously presented and in this presentation, Antarctic time series, will be presented covering the same time period. This area has less complete coverage than the Arctic due to data outages due to telecommunications issues. [2] has recently pointed out that sea ice coverage &#160;has &#160;reduced dramatically since 2014, mainly one quadrant centred on the Wendell sea and the spectral albedo for this area will be highlighted.</p><p>Acknowledgements: Support was provided by EU-FP7 QA4ECV (Quality Assurance for Essential Climate Variables) under Project Number 607405 for the development of the processing system.</p><p>References:<br>[1] Kharbouche, S.; Muller, J.-P. Sea Ice Albedo from MISR and MODIS: Production, Validation, and Trend Analysis. Remote Sens. 2019, 11, 9. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11010009</p><p>[2] Parkinson, C. A 40-y record reveals gradual Antarctic sea ice increases followed by decreases at rates far exceeding the rates seen in the Arctic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2019, 116 (29) 14414-14423; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906556116</p>
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