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Satellite Monitoring of Icebergs in the Arctic Seas

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The study present the results of the satellite monitoring of Arctic icebergs formed from the outlet glaciers of the Severnaya Zemlya, Novaya Zemlya, and Franz Josef Land archipelagos during the autumn-winter and spring periods. The algorithms for iceberg detection in satellite images under different meteorological and ice conditions are described.

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  1. Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, ul. Beringa 38, St. Petersburg, 199397, Russia

    V. G. Smirnov, I. A. Bychkova, S. V. Mikhal’tseva & E. V. Platonova

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Russian Text © V.G. Smirnov, I.A. Bychkova, S.V. Mikhal’tseva, E.V. Platonova, 2019, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2019, No. 4, pp. 70–78.

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Smirnov, V.G., Bychkova, I.A., Mikhal’tseva, S.V. et al. Satellite Monitoring of Icebergs in the Arctic Seas. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 44, 262–267 (2019). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373919040058

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