Title :
Advanced SAR applications for Canada´s river and lake ice
Author :
Geldsetzer, T. ; van der Sanden, J.J. ; Drouin, H.
Author_Institution :
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The multi-polarized and polarimetric capabilities of RADARSAT-2 are evaluated to enhance river and lake ice monitoring. Multi-year time series of polarimetric images for selected rivers and lakes in north-western Canada are analyzed for their information potential. Meteorological and geophysical field measurements support the interpretation of polarimetric imagery. Statistically estimated thresholds for selected polarimetric parameters are used in unsupervised classification and subsequent ice mapping.
Keywords :
lakes; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; rivers; synthetic aperture radar; time series; Canada; RADARSAT-2; advanced SAR; lake ice monitoring; multiyear time series; polarimetric images; river monitoring; Backscatter; Government; Ice; Lakes; Monitoring; Rivers; Wind speed; Ice; Lakes; Radar polarimetry; Rivers;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049891
