François Massonnet, Author at Eos

A researcher kneels on a large piece of sea ice to collect measurements as six other people stand in an inflatable powerboat nearby at the edge of the sea ice. A large, orange-hulled icebreaking vessel sits in the open water beyond the researchers in the boat.

Science Updates

Reliable AI Sea Ice Forecasts Depend on Sustained Observations

by Clare Eayrs, Zachary Labe, François Massonnet, Tian Tian and Malte Müller 9 October 20269 October 2026

Sea ice is a fundamental regulator of Earth’s climate and an increasingly urgent forecast target itself. Can we trust the AI systems now being built to predict it?

Improving Predictions of Arctic Sea Ice Extent

by J. Stroeve, Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, V. Guemas, S. Howell, François Massonnet and S. Tietsche 19 June 201523 March 2023

Scientists in the Sea Ice Prediction Network share and discuss their user-oriented forecasts of seasonal sea ice in a changing Arctic.