Macdonald, G.J., Scharien, R.K., Duncan, K., Farrell, S.L., Rezania, P., and Tavri, A. (2024). Arctic sea ice topography information from RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter. Geophysical Research Letters, 15(4), e2023GL107261. doi:10.1029/2023GL107261

Macdonald, G.J., Ackley, S.F., Mestas-Nuñez, A.M., and Blanco-Cabanillas, A. (2023). Evolution of the dynamics, area, and ice production of the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica, 2016-2021. The Cryosphere, 17, 457-476. doi:10.5194/tc-17-457-2023

Macfarlane, A.R., Schneebeli, M., Dadic, R., Tavri, A., Immerz, A., et al. (2023). A database of snow on sea ice in the central Arctic collected during the MOSAiC expedition. Scientific Data, 10(398). doi:10.1038/s41597-023-02273-1

Nandan, V., Willatt, R., Mallett, R., Stroeve, J., Geldsetzer, T., Scharien, R., et al. (2023). Wind redistribution of snow impacts Ka- and Ku-band radar signatures of Arctic sea ice. The Cryosphere, 7(6), 2211-2229. doi:10.5194/tc-17-2211-2023

Yang, K., Li, H., Perrie, W., Scharien, R.K., Wu, J., et al. (2023). Fine resolution classification of new ice, young ice, and first-year ice based on feature selection from Gaofen-3 quad-polarization SAR. Remote Sensing, 15(9), 2399. doi:10.3390/rs15092399

Aksamit, N. O., Scharien, R. K., and Hutchings, J. K. (2023). A quasi-objective single-buoy approach for understanding Lagrangian coherent structures and sea ice dynamics. The Cryosphere, 17, 1545-1566. doi:10.5194/tc-17-1545-2023

McLennan, D., Brown, K., Scharien, R.K., Else, B., Wilson, K., et al. (2022). Environmental change in the Kitikmeot Region of western Nunavut and Ulukhaktok region of eastern Northwest Territories. Polar Knowledge: Aqhaliat Report, 4, Polar Knowledge Canada, 8–33. doi:10.35298/pkc.2021.01.eng

Else, B. G. T., Cranch, A., Sims, R. P., Jones, S., Dalman, L. A., Mundy, C. J., Segal, R. A., Scharien, R. K., and Guha, T. (2022). Variability in sea ice carbonate chemistry: a case study comparing the importance of ikaite precipitation, bottom-ice algae, and currents across an invisible polynya. The Cryosphere, 16, 3685–3701. doi:10.5194/tc-16-3685-2022

Nicolaus, M., Perovich, D.K., Spreen, G., et al. (2022). Overview of the MOSAiC expedition: Snow and sea ice. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 10(1). doi:10.1525/elementa.2021.000046

Creamean, J.M., Barry, K., Hill, T.C.J., et al. (2022). Annual cycle observations of aerosols capable of ice formation in central Arctic clouds. Nature Communications, 13, 3537. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31182-x

Rotermund, L. M., Williams, W. J., Klymak, J. M., Wu, Y., Scharien, R. K., and Haas, C. (2021). The effect of sea ice on tidal propagation in the Kitikmeot Sea, Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126, e2020JC016786. doi:10.1029/2020JC016786

Scharien, R.K., and Nasonova, S. (2020). Incidence angle dependence of texture statistics from Sentinel-1 HH-polarization images of Arctic sea ice. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (Early Access), 1-5. doi:10.1109/LGRS.2020.3039739

Tanaka, Y., and Scharien, R.K. (2020). Potential of melt pond fraction retrieval from high spatial resolution AMSR-E/2 channels. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (Early Access), 1-5. doi:10.1109/LGRS.2020.3038888

Howell, S.E.L., Scharien, R.K., Landy, J., and Brady, M. (2020). Spring melt pond fraction in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago predicted from RADARSAT-2. The Cryosphere, 14(12), 4675-4686. doi:10.5194/tc-14-4675-2020

Segal, R., Scharien, R.K., Duerden, F., and Tam, C.L. (2020). “The best of both worlds” – Connecting remote sensing and Arctic communities for safe sea ice travel”. Arctic (in press).

Segal, R., Scharien, R.K., Cafarella, S., and Tedstone, A. (2020). Characterizing winter landfast sea ice surface roughness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago using Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar and the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer. Annals of Glaciology, 1-15. doi:10.1017/aog.2020.48

Nandan, V., Scharien, R.K., Geldsetzer, T., Kwok, R., Yackel, J.J., et al. (2020). Snow property controls on modeled Ku-Band altimeter estimates of first-year sea ice thickness: Case studies from the Canadian and Norwegian Arctic. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13, 1082-1096. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2966432

Scharien, R.K., Segal, R.A., Tam, C.-L., and Wynden, A. (2019). Enhancing the safety and efficiency of community sea ice use in the Kitikmeot Region through the development and delivery of remote sensing images. Polar Knowledge: Aqhaliat 2019, Polar Knowledge Canada, 63–74. doi:10.35298/pkc.2019.06

Moon, W., Nandan, V., Scharien, R.K., Wilkinson, J., Barret, A., Lawrence, I., Segal, R., et al. (2019). Physical length scales of wind-blown snow redistribution and accumulation on relatively smooth Arctic first-year sea ice. Environmental Research Letters, 14(10), 104003. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab3b8d

Cafarella, S., Scharien, R.K., Geldsetzer, T., Howell, S.E.L., Haas, C., Segal, B., and Nasonova, S. (2019). Estimation of level and deformed first-year sea ice surface roughness in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from C- and L-band synthetic aperture radar. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 45(3-4), 457-475. doi:10.1080/07038992.2019.1647102

Marshall, S., Scott, K.A., and Scharien, R.K. (2019). Passive microwave melt onset retrieval based on a variable threshold: assessment in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Remote Sensing, 11(11), 1304. doi:10.3390/rs11111304

Landy, J.C., Tsamados, M., and Scharien, R.K. (2019). A facet-based numerical model for simulating SAR altimeter echoes from heterogeneous sea ice surfaces. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(7), 4164-4180. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2018.2889763

Yackel, J., Geldsetzer, T., Mahmud, M., Nandan, V., Howell, S.E.L., and Scharien, R.K. (2019). Snow thickness estimation on first-year sea ice from late winter spaceborne scatterometer backscatter variance. Remote Sensing, 11(4), 417. doi:10.3390/rs11040417

Nasonova, S., Scharien, R.K., Geldsetzer, T., Howell, S.E.L., and Power, D. (2018). Optimal compact polarimetric parameters and texture features for discriminating sea ice types during winter and advanced melt. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 44(4), 390-411. doi:10.1080/07038992.2018.1527683

Ramjan, S., Geldsetzer, T., Scharien, R., and Yackel, J. (2018). Predicting melt pond fraction on landfast snow-covered first-year sea ice from winter C-Band SAR backscatter utilizing linear, polarimetric and texture parameters. Remote Sensing, 10(10), 1603. doi:10.3390/rs10101603

Mahmud, M.M., Geldsetzer, T., Howell, S.E.L, Yackel, J.J., Nandan, V., and Scharien, R.K. (2018). Incidence angle dependence of HH-polarized C- and L-band wintertime backscatter over Arctic sea ice. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 99, 1-13. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2018.2841343

Howell, S.E.L., Komarov, A.S., Dabboor, M., Montpetit, B., Brady, M., Scharien, R.K., Mahmud, M., Nandan, V., et al. (2018). Comparing L-and C-band synthetic aperture radar estimates of sea ice motion over different ice regimes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 204, 380-391. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.10.017

Yackel, J.J., Nandan, V., Mahmud, M., Scharien, R.K., Kang, J.W., and Geldsetzer, T. (2018). A spectral mixture analysis approach to quantify Arctic first-year sea ice melt pond fraction using QuickBird and MODIS reflectance data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 204, 704-716. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.09.030

Nasonova, S., Scharien, R.K., Haas, C., and Howell, S.E.L. (2018). Linking regional winter sea ice thickness and surface roughness to spring melt pond fraction on landfast Arctic sea ice. Remote Sensing, 10(1), 37. doi:10.3390/rs10010037

Scharien, R. K., Segal, R., Nasonova, S., Nandan, V., Howell, S. E. L., and Haas, C. (2017). Winter Sentinel-1 backscatter as a predictor of spring Arctic sea ice melt pond fraction. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. doi:10.1002/2017GL075547

Scharien, R.K., Segal, R., Yackel, J.J., Howell, S.E.L., and Nasonova, S. (2017). Linking winter and spring thermodynamic sea-ice states at critical scales using an object-based image analysis of Sentinel-1. Annals of Glaciology, 1-15. doi:10.1017/aog.2017.43

Nandan, V., Geldsetzer, T., Yackel, J., Mahmud, M., Scharien, R., et al. (2017). Effect of snow salinity on CryoSat-2 Arctic first-year sea ice freeboard measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(20), 419–10, 426. doi:10.1002/2017GL074506

Nandan, V., Scharien, R.K., Geldsetzer, T., Mahmud, M., Yackel, J.J., et al. (2017). Geophysical and atmospheric controls on Ku-, X- and C-band backscatter evolution from a saline snow cover on first-year sea ice from late-winter to pre-early melt. Remote Sensing of Environment, 198, 425-441. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2017.06.029

Firoozy, N., Komarov, A., Mojabi, P., Barber, D.G., Landy, J., and Scharien, R.K. (2016). Retrieval of Young Snow-Covered Sea Ice Temperature and Salinity Evolution through Radar Cross Section Inversion. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 41(2), 326-338. doi:10.1109/JOE.2015.2458212

Firoozy, N., Komarov, A., Mojabi, P., Barber, D.G., Landy, J., and Scharien, R.K. (2015). Inversion-based sensitivity analysis of snow-covered sea ice electromagnetic profiles. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(7), 3643-3655. doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2399651

Geldsetzer T., Arkett, M., Zagon, T., Charbonneau, F., Yackel, J.J., and Scharien, R.K. (2015). All season compact polarimetry SAR observations of sea ice. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(5), 485-504. doi:10.1080/07038992.2015.1120661

Istomina, L., Heygster, G., Huntemann, M., Schwarz, P., Birnbaum, G., Scharien, R.K., et al. (2015). Melt pond fraction and spectral sea ice albedo retrieval from MERIS data – Part 1: Validation against in situ, aerial, and ship cruise data. The Cryosphere, 9, 1551-1566. doi:10.5194/tc-9-1551-2015

Scharien, R. K., Landy, J., and Barber, D.G. (2014). First-year sea ice melt pond fraction estimation from dual-polarization C-band SAR – Part 1: In situ observations. The Cryosphere, 8, 2147-2162. doi:10.5194/tc-8-2147-2014

Scharien, R. K., Hochheim, K., Landy, J., and Barber, D.G. (2014). First-year sea ice melt pond fraction estimation from dual-polarization C-band SAR – Part 2: Scaling in situ to Radarsat-2. The Cryosphere, 8, 2163-2176. doi:10.5194/tc-8-2163-2014

Asplin, M. G, Scharien, R.K., Else, B., Howell, S., Barber, D.G., et al. (2014). Implications of fractured Arctic perennial ice cover on thermodynamic and dynamic sea ice processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119, 2327–2343. doi:10.1002/2013JC009557

Gupta, M., Barber, D.G., Isleifson, D., and Scharien, R.K. (2014). Detection and classification of surface roughness in an Arctic marginal sea ice zone. Hydrological Processes, 28(3), 599-609. doi:10.1002/hyp.9593

Gupta, M., Scharien, R.K., and Barber, D.G. (2014). Microwave emission and scattering from ocean surface waves in the southern Beaufort Sea. International Journal of Oceanography, Article ID 872342, 12 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/872342