Operational use of remote sensing data for ice monitoring along Canada´s East Coast-winter 1992/1993

Author

Gauthier, Marie-France ; Miville, Bernard

Author_Institution

Ice Centre Environ. Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1993

fDate

18-21 Aug 1993

Firstpage

2005

Abstract

It is shown how ice data collected from various remote sensors: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NOAA AVHRR), STAR-2 aircraft Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Dash-7 Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) and the European Space Agency satellite (ERS-1 SAR) are integrated by Ice Centre´s forecasters to prepare ice charts and analyses. Selected examples from the 1992-93 winter season over Eastern Canadian waters especially over the Gulf of St. Lawrence depict the strengths and weaknesses of each sensor

Keywords

oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1992; AD 1993; AVHRR; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; Canada; ERS-1; Gulf of St. Lawrence; North Atlantic; SAR; SLAR; coast; measurement technique; ocean; optical method; radar remote sensing; sea ice; winter; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Gas industry; Ice; Radiometry; Remote monitoring; Satellite broadcasting; Shipbuilding industry; Synthetic aperture radar; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International

Conference_Location

Tokyo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1240-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322047

Filename

322047