Additional Polynya Reading Material





Additional Polynya Reading Material



Much literature exists on the subject of polynyas and the use of satellite imagery to study them. Given below is a small selection.



Ambrose Jr., W. G. and P.E. Renaud. 1995. Benthic response to water column productivity patterns: Evidence for benthic-pelagic coupling in the Northeast Water Polynya. Journal of geophysical research. 100:4411


Anderson, P. S. 1993. Evidence for an Antarctic winter coastal polynya. Antarctic science. 5:221


Cavalieri, Donald J. and Seelye Martin. 1994. The contribution of Alaskan Siberian and Canadian coastal polynyas to the cold halocline layer of the Arctic Ocean. Journal of geophysical research. 99(9): 18343


Darby, Mark S., Willmott, Andrew J. and Tracy A. Somerville. 1995. On the influence of coastline orientation on the steady state width of a latent heat polynya. J. Geophys Res 100:13625


Dey, B. and U. Feldman. 1990. Observations of winter polynyas and fractures using NOAA AVHRR TIR images and Nimbus-7 SMMR sea ice concentration charts. Remote Sens. Environ. 30:141-149.


France, R. and M. Sharp. 1992. Polynyas as centers of organization for structuring the integrity of Arctic marine communities. Conservation biology. 6(3): 442


Grebmeier, Jacqueline M. and Cooper, Lee W. 1995. Influence of the St. Lawrence Island Polynya upon the Bering Sea benthos. Journal of geophysical research. 100:4439


Groves, J.E. and W.J. Stringer. 1991. The use of AVHRR thermal infrared imagery to determine sea ice thickness within the Chukchi polynya. Arctic. 44: 130-139.


Gudmandsen, P., B.B. Thomsen, and P.J. Minnett. 1995. North-East Water polynya: satellite observations summer 1992 and 1993. Int. J. Remote Sens. 16: 3307


Heacock, T., T. Hirose and F. Lee. 1993. Sea-ice tracking on the east coast of Canada using NOAA AVHRR imagery. Annals of glaciology. 17: 405


Markus, Thorsten and Barbara A. Burns. 1995. A method to estimate subpixel-scale coastal polynyas with satellite passive microwave data. Journal of geophysical research. 100(3): 4473


Miyake, H., Masuda, K. and Anma, G. 1994. Hydrographic conditions in the Chukchi Sea and St. Lawrence Island Polynya Region in midsummers of 1990, 1991 and 1992. Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Biology 7:1


Moller, S. and K. Falk. 1995. Colonies of Northern Fulmars and Black-legged Kittiwakes associated with the Northeast Water Polynya, Northeast Greenland. Arctic. 48: 186


Smith, Stuart D., Robin D. Muench, and Carol H. Pease. 1990. Polynyas and Leads: An overview of physical processes and environment. Journal of geophysical research. 96(6):9461


Smith Jr., Walker O. 1995. Primary productivity and new production in the Northeast Water (Greenland) Polynya during summer 1992. Journal of geophysical research. 100:4357


Stringer, W.J. and J.E. Groves. 1991. Location and areal extent of polynyas in the Bering and Chukchi seas. Arctic. 44: 164-171.


Zibordi, G. and M. L. Van Woert. 1993. Antarctic sea ice mapping using the AVHRR. Remote Sens. Environ. 45:155-163.


Zibordi, G., M. Van Woert,and I. Canossi. 1995. Intercomparisons of sea ice concentration from SSM/I and AVHRR data of the Ross Sea. Remote sensing of environment. 53: 145









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