Ice distribution in Hornsund fjord, Svalbard from RADARSAT-2 (2012-2016)

This dataset contains binary maps of ice (1) and open water (0) in Hornsund fjord, Svalbard at 50 m resolution. The maps are based on the RADARSAT-2 archive between 2.01.2012 and 1.03.2016 with an average image frequency of 2.38 days for the entire period and of 1.74 days for the 2.01.2012-18.11.2014 period after which the acquisition became sporadic. This dataset is an extension of the Sentinel-1A/B-based one (https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.963167; Swirad et al., 2023) processed in the way described in Swirad et al., 2024 (https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-895-2024). A document containing details on the scenes and polarisation channels used, the number of segments and the level of manual editing is provided.

Data and Resources

Additional Info

Field Value
GCMD keywords
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > CRYOSPHERE > SEA ICE URL: https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/860e2af9-ce29-4f3f-b027-ae3747eb3e01
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICE URL: https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/d73e969a-4b66-4713-8d63-fa3cbb1e25e3
  • name: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA ICESEA ICE/OCEAN CLASSIFICATION URL: https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/KeywordViewer/scheme/all/dc2d2e73-4028-41d2-96f9-0b800fa95ea4
Dataset Center https://pangaea.de/
Maintainer
Dataset PI
  • PI name: Zuzanna Swirad PI email: zswiradfoo(at)igf.edu.pl PI ORCID: 0000-0002-3592-9739 PI Institution: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences PI Department: Department of Polar and Marine Research
  • PI name: Malin Johansson PI email: malin.johanssonfoo(at)uit.no PI ORCID: 0000-0003-0129-2239 PI Institution: UiT The Arctic University of Norway
  • PI name: Eirik Malnes PI email: eimafoo(at)norceresearch.no PI ORCID: 0000-0001-9824-9696 PI Institution: NORCE Research Centre AS
Dataset Owner
  • Owner name: Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences Owner PIC (Participant Identification Code): 996625337 Owner address: Ksiecia Janusza 64, 01-452 Warszawa, Poland
Licence Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Dataset status Complete
Activity type
  • maps
  • remote sensing measurements
Access constraint Open
Embargo
Dataset modified 2024-06-17
Metadata created 2026-02-25
Quality statement Not quality controlled
Quality Editor
  • Editor name: TBD
Spatial distribution { "coordinates": [ [ [ 15.487554, 77.006787 ], [ 15.884959, 77.006787 ], [ 15.884959, 76.941605 ], [ 15.487554, 76.941605 ], [ 15.487554, 77.006787 ] ] ], "type": "Polygon" }
Region Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Hornsund
Start time 2012-01-02 01:00 CET
End time 2016-03-02 00:59 CET
Dataset citation Swirad Z.M., Johansson A.M., Malnes E. 2023. Ice distribution in Hornsund fjord, Svalbard from RADARSAT-2 (2012-2016). PANGAEA
Dataset DOI 10.1594/PANGAEA.969031
External resource
  • Resource URL: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.969031
Publication
  • Publication title: Swirad Z.M., Johansson A.M. & Malnes E. 2026. Distribution of landfast, drift and glacier ice in Hornsund, Svalbard. The Cryosphere 20(1): 113-134. Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-20-113-2026
Project
  • Project title: Wave energy delivery to the shores of Hornsund fjord, Svalbard Project ID: UMO-2021/40/C/ST10/00146 Project description: This study focuses on modelling wave energy delivery to the shores of Hornsund, a ~300 km2 fjord of SW Spitsbergen, Svalbard, through 1) a fjord-scale modelling of wind wave transformation that incorporates the role of sea ice in wave attenuation, and 2) a beach-scale empirical modelling of water level maxima. The overall goal is to understand how changing climate, namely sea ice decline and increasing storminess, impacts Arctic shores, and to predict shoreline water levels at present and in future Project homepage: https://projekty.ncn.gov.pl/en/index.php?projekt_id=509796 Project financing institution: National Science Centre, Poland