Remote Sensing for Assessment of Arctic Sea Ice and Climate Change: in Memorium to Distinguished Professor David G. Barber
The Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing is pleased to publish a special collection in memorial to a pioneer researcher in Arctic Remote Sensing, Prof. David G. Barber. The main objective of this collection is to promote the recent thematic research and development of remote sensing applications that address sea ice in various Arctic, climate change, and Arctic system science contexts.
Rapid and unprecedented environmental change in the Arctic has led to uncertainty about future climate conditions and impacts on people both in the region, and beyond. Inspired by the need for information about sea ice in often dark and cloudy conditions, microwave remote sensing has played a key role within the Arctic remote sensing community over the past four decades. Traditionally, passive microwave radiometry was used to provide consistent climate data records of sea ice extent and concentration at the pan-Arctic scale, and active synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery enabled detailed visualizations of sea ice and open water conditions at the regional scale primarily for operational purposes. The popularity of these remote sensing technologies for assessment of sea ice in the contexts of ocean-sea ice-atmosphere interaction and Arctic system science, beyond traditional approaches, is greatly attributed to the pioneering work done by Prof. Dr. David G. Barber at University of Manitoba, Canada. He passed away on April 15th 2022 at 62 years old.
Edited by
Prof. Randy Scharien(University of Victoria, Canada)
Dr Alexander Komorov(Environment and Climate Change, Canada)
Prof. Dustin Iseifson(University of Manitoba, Canada)