Title :
Sensitivity analysis of operational passive microwave sea-ice algorithms
Author :
Stroeve, Julienne ; Markus, Thorsten ; Maslanik, James
Author_Institution :
Nat. Snow & Ice Data Center, Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
Abstract :
Given the importance of the relatively long-term passive microwave record for climate studies, we evaluated the sensitivity of passive microwave brightness temperatures and corresponding sea ice concentrations to variations in surface and atmospheric conditions. Based on model results, this effort allows sources and magnitudes of error in the available algorithms and the existing passive, microwave derived time series or sea ice concentrations to be better quantified
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; sea ice; concentration; measurement technique; microwave brightness temperature; microwave radiometry; model; ocean; operational algorithm; passive microwave method; remote sensing; sea ice; sensitivity analysis; Atmospheric modeling; Ice surface; Ice thickness; NASA; Scattering; Sea ice; Sea surface; Sensitivity analysis; Snow; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7031-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977075
