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Fig.11. a ERS-l SAR image from June 18,1992, 76.2°N, 160.S
o W (copyright ESA). b Segmented image
and histogram of measured floes, discarded floes, open water, and substrate. Note that the open water
class in the image is white and its associated histogram bar black .. c Image of floe size distribution
and size histogram