LEADS Leads are narrow, linear fractures in sea ice formed through dynamical processes.

Recent result are available via anonymous ftp at ftp://frostbite.ssec.wisc.edu/realtime

Historical results from the new product are available:

• Hoffman, Jay et al. (2022), MODIS Sea ice leads detections using a U-Net, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.79cnp5hz2
• Hoffman, Jay et al. (2022), VIIRS Sea ice leads detections using a U-Net, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.1vhhmgqwd

Latest publication: A 20-Year Climatology of Sea Ice Leads Detected in Infrared Satellite Imagery Using a Convolutional Neural Network (2022)

Earlier publications:

• The Detection and Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Leads with Satellite Imagers (2019)
• Application of a Convolutional Neural Network for the Detection of Sea Ice Leads (2021)