Very interesting, Wipneus!
I wish they had also updated their
melt pond distribution database. I
wrote about it on the ASIB at the time of launch, almost 2 years ago. One of the things I learned this melting season is that the start of the melting season is very important for how the rest of the season plays out, and the amount of melt ponds plays a very large role in this.
I'll have to ask Lars Kaleschke about this before the next melting season.