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Firstly, a convolution-based, high-resolution sea ice concentration calculation method is proposed and was applied to the deep learning task. Secondly, the proposed DF-UHRNet network was improved upon by designing high- and low-level fusion modules, introducing an attention mechanism, and reducing the number of convolution layers and other operations, and it can effectively fuse high- and low-scale semantic features and global contextual information based on reducing the overall number of network parameters, enabling it to achieve pixel-level classification. 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