{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7164077640","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115334","title":"Prediction of monthly Arctic sea ice concentration using physics-constrained U2-Net","display_name":"Prediction of monthly Arctic sea ice concentration using physics-constrained U2-Net","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-06-09","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7164077640","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115334"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115334","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115334","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S900972176","display_name":"Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"0952-1976","issn":["0952-1976","1873-6769"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5123691337","display_name":"Mingtao Liu","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80143920","display_name":"Shandong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04gtjhw98","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80143920"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mingtao Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80143920"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100775437","display_name":"Xin Liu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1953-5721"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80143920","display_name":"Shandong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04gtjhw98","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80143920"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Xin Liu","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1953-5721","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80143920"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5138232166","display_name":"Xiaotao Chang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I211433327","display_name":"Ministry of Natural Resources","ror":"https://ror.org/02kxqx159","country_code":"CN","type":"government","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I211433327","https://openalex.org/I4210127390"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092591","display_name":"China Centre for Resources Satellite Data and Application","ror":"https://ror.org/00ft0fw96","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210092591"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xiaotao Chang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100048, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Land Satellite Remote Sensing Application Center, Ministry of Natural Resources, Beijing, 100048, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I211433327","https://openalex.org/I4210092591"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083534341","display_name":"Anatoly Soloviev","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6476-9471"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151089","display_name":"Geophysical Center","ror":"https://ror.org/04w1wsw24","country_code":"RU","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1313323035","https://openalex.org/I4210151089","https://openalex.org/I4210163714"]}],"countries":["RU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anatoly Soloviev","raw_affiliation_strings":["Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119296, Russia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119296, Russia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151089"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5138259380","display_name":"Heping Sun","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210105990","display_name":"Institute of Geodesy and Geophysics","ror":"https://ror.org/01gkn6j11","country_code":"CN","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I19820366","https://openalex.org/I4210105990"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Heping Sun","raw_affiliation_strings":["State Key Laboratory of Precision Geodesy, Innovation Academy of Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 420077, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"State Key Laboratory of Precision Geodesy, Innovation Academy of Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 420077, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210105990"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5138206130","display_name":"Shaofeng Bian","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3124059619","display_name":"China University of Geosciences","ror":"https://ror.org/04gcegc37","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3124059619"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shaofeng Bian","raw_affiliation_strings":["Key Laboratory of Geological Survey and Evaluation of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Key Laboratory of Geological Survey and Evaluation of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan, 430074, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3124059619"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5138274947","display_name":"Jinyun Guo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-1505"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I80143920","display_name":"Shandong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04gtjhw98","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I80143920"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jinyun Guo","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1817-1505","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Geodesy and Geomatics, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80143920"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5040217756","display_name":"\u0421. \u0410. \u041b\u0435\u0431\u0435\u0434\u0435\u0432","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-7136"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210151089","display_name":"Geophysical Center","ror":"https://ror.org/04w1wsw24","country_code":"RU","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1313323035","https://openalex.org/I4210151089","https://openalex.org/I4210163714"]}],"countries":["RU"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sergey Lebedev","raw_affiliation_strings":["Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119296, Russia"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4976-7136","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119296, Russia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210151089"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5100775437","https://openalex.org/A5123691337"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I80143920"],"apc_list":{"value":3170,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3170},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.68005207,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"181","issue":null,"first_page":"115334","last_page":"115334"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11459","display_name":"Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics","score":0.8026000261306763,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1902","display_name":"Atmospheric Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11459","display_name":"Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics","score":0.8026000261306763,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1902","display_name":"Atmospheric Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10255","display_name":"Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes","score":0.05209999904036522,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1910","display_name":"Oceanography"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11490","display_name":"Hydrological Forecasting Using AI","score":0.02759999968111515,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2305","display_name":"Environmental Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sea-ice","display_name":"Sea ice","score":0.6952000260353088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/arctic-ice-pack","display_name":"Arctic ice pack","score":0.5774999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/arctic","display_name":"Arctic","score":0.5309000015258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sea-ice-concentration","display_name":"Sea ice concentration","score":0.49880000948905945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/the-arctic","display_name":"The arctic","score":0.4772999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sea-ice-thickness","display_name":"Sea ice thickness","score":0.44600000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/antarctic-sea-ice","display_name":"Antarctic sea ice","score":0.39169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cryosphere","display_name":"Cryosphere","score":0.38609999418258667}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136894858","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213926","display_name":"Sea ice","level":2,"score":0.6952000260353088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C161798024","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3651008","display_name":"Arctic ice pack","level":3,"score":0.5774999856948853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C518008717","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25322","display_name":"Arctic","level":2,"score":0.5309000015258789},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194520297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7440064","display_name":"Sea ice concentration","level":5,"score":0.49880000948905945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018378255","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25322","display_name":"The arctic","level":2,"score":0.4772999882698059},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149767477","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7440066","display_name":"Sea ice thickness","level":4,"score":0.44600000977516174},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111368507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43518","display_name":"Oceanography","level":1,"score":0.42719998955726624},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.40209999680519104},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49204034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52139","display_name":"Climatology","level":1,"score":0.4000999927520752},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16335420","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18205270","display_name":"Antarctic sea ice","level":4,"score":0.39169999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197435368","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q493109","display_name":"Cryosphere","level":3,"score":0.38609999418258667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143510601","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16243069","display_name":"Arctic sea ice decline","level":5,"score":0.33059999346733093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C64892901","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6813731","display_name":"Melt pond","level":5,"score":0.31709998846054077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.31290000677108765},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C155372631","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4787572","display_name":"Arctic geoengineering","level":5,"score":0.31119999289512634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134097258","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507383","display_name":"Sea surface temperature","level":2,"score":0.28850001096725464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C196735533","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1378564","display_name":"Drift ice","level":4,"score":0.2874000072479248},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2986605239","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q925667","display_name":"Numerical models","level":3,"score":0.2825999855995178},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.2824999988079071},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132651083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7942","display_name":"Climate change","level":2,"score":0.2750999927520752},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197248824","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q184395","display_name":"Seawater","level":2,"score":0.26030001044273376}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115334","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engappai.2026.115334","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S900972176","display_name":"Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence","issn_l":"0952-1976","issn":["0952-1976","1873-6769"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Life below water","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/14","score":0.672869086265564}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321912","display_name":"Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation","ror":"https://ror.org/00ghqgy32"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":53,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1859706942","https://openalex.org/W2021775640","https://openalex.org/W2049925819","https://openalex.org/W2059236835","https://openalex.org/W2075728430","https://openalex.org/W2104219625","https://openalex.org/W2105321292","https://openalex.org/W2121770994","https://openalex.org/W2131070146","https://openalex.org/W2151464938","https://openalex.org/W2175578730","https://openalex.org/W2190266292","https://openalex.org/W2342323825","https://openalex.org/W2518564917","https://openalex.org/W2522601543","https://openalex.org/W2548920327","https://openalex.org/W2587102306","https://openalex.org/W2741770092","https://openalex.org/W2775070522","https://openalex.org/W2794873968","https://openalex.org/W2890615274","https://openalex.org/W2895279794","https://openalex.org/W2911964244","https://openalex.org/W2913323966","https://openalex.org/W2919115771","https://openalex.org/W2920529729","https://openalex.org/W2944775211","https://openalex.org/W2945471725","https://openalex.org/W2965187616","https://openalex.org/W3021046234","https://openalex.org/W3025800305","https://openalex.org/W3034774621","https://openalex.org/W3063084726","https://openalex.org/W3118007163","https://openalex.org/W3127723844","https://openalex.org/W3208486400","https://openalex.org/W4212902576","https://openalex.org/W4285302828","https://openalex.org/W4366286960","https://openalex.org/W4377862082","https://openalex.org/W4379230313","https://openalex.org/W4394927362","https://openalex.org/W4396510505","https://openalex.org/W4401972859","https://openalex.org/W4403723446","https://openalex.org/W4403757833","https://openalex.org/W4403934104","https://openalex.org/W4407673615","https://openalex.org/W4408399319","https://openalex.org/W4410380576","https://openalex.org/W4410700547","https://openalex.org/W4411232338","https://openalex.org/W4417113495"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":null,"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-22T07:51:19.307946","created_date":"2026-06-10T00:00:00"}