DocumentCode
2117502
Title
Validation of CryoSat sea-ice products: instruments and methods
Author
Haas, C.
Author_Institution
Alfred Wegener Inst. for Polar & Marine Res., Bremerhaven, Germany
Volume
3
fYear
2002
fDate
24-28 June 2002
Firstpage
1753
Abstract
Sea-ice properties like ice and snow density, freeboard, thickness, roughness, and their measurement are described in the context of ground-truth studies for the validation of CryoSat measurements. Both ground-based and airborne methods are presented.
Keywords
oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; CryoSat; Ku-band; SHF; SIRAL; data products; freeboard; ground truth; measurement technique; ocean; radar altimetry method; radar remote sensing; roughness; satellite remote sensing; sea ice; snow cover; snow density; snowcover; snowpack; spaceborne radar; thickness; validation; Density measurement; Dielectric measurements; Ice surface; Ice thickness; Instruments; Sea ice; Sea measurements; Snow; Spaceborne radar; Thickness measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7536-X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026243
Filename
1026243
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