Title :
ENVISAT ASAR AP data for operational sea ice monitoring
Author :
Scheuchl, B. ; Caves, R. ; Flett, D. ; DeAbreu, R. ; Arkett, M. ; Cumming, I.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Abstract :
The information content of ENVISAT ASAR alternating polarization data is evaluated with respect to operations at the Canadian Ice Service. A data set covering an entire ice season is shown to have a higher information content compared to single polarization data. The potential for automated information extraction is also investigated, in particular problems caused by system noise and its variation over the swath.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Canadian Ice Service; ENVISAT ASAR alternating polarization data; automated information extraction; data set; ice season; information content; operational sea ice monitoring; system noise; Computational Intelligence Society; Condition monitoring; Data acquisition; Data mining; Instruments; Notice of Violation; Polarization; Sea ice; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1370782
