Floe-scale Fragmentation of Arctic Sea Ice 2013-2014

This dataset contains floe-scale fragmentation data derived from high-resolution satellite imagery from the USGS Global Fiducials Library. Individual sea ice floes were identified and tracked before and after fragmentation to study the fragmentation processes. The dataset includes floe-scale images, segmentation masks, and floe parameters. It can be used to investigate the fragmentation of Arctic sea ice during the spring breakup and summer melt seasons. The dataset was produced by the University of Huddersfield team.

NERC standard grant NE/V011693/1.

Alternate title: Polar Data Centre (PDC) record GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02046

Date (Publication): 2025-04-16

Citation identifier: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/dms/metadata.php?id= / GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/02046

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Custodian
NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre	Hwang, B., & Basu, R.	pdc@bas.ac.uk	Originator

Maintenance and update frequency: Unknown

Keywords

NDGO0001

NERC OAI Harvesting

NERC_DDC

GCMD Parameter Valids

EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
EARTH SCIENCE > Cryosphere > Sea Ice > Ice Floes
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Extent
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Sea Ice > Ice Floes

BAS Free-text keywords

Arctic
cracks
floe-scale
fragmentation
leads
melt
melt ponds
sea ice
spring breakup

Use limitation: Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Access constraints: Other restrictions

Other constraints: Data supplied under Open Government Licence v3.0 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Language: English

Topic category

Imagery base maps earth cover
Inland waters
Oceans

Begin date: 2013-06-01

End date: 2014-08-14

Reference system identifier: OGP / urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326

Distribution format

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Polar Data Centre - British Antarctic Survey		pdc@bas.ac.uk	Distributor

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
http		GET DATA

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Domain consistency

Measure identification: INSPIRE / Conformity_001

Conformance result

Title: INSPIRE Data Specification on unknown theme Guidelines

Date

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: No

Statement: The data quality was checked by manually inspecting each image. It should be noted that some of the fragments in the post-fragmentation images could not be identified. Some were too small, while others were difficult to distinguish based on floe and melt pond patterns. The delineation of the floe boundaries was performed using the OpenCV tool (CVAT AI). The delineation was relatively accurate for large floes, but the accuracy decreased for smaller floes.