Title :
Evaluation of Special Sensor Microwave/Imager sea-ice products
Author :
Partington, Kim ; Bertoia, Cheryl
Author_Institution :
US Nat. Ice Center, Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Existing SSM/I algorithms are imperfect at mapping total and partial ice concentrations. This paper reviews recent findings based on comparisons of sea-ice products against other satellite data and U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) ice charts
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; sea ice; SSM/I; Special Sensor Microwave/Imager; algorithm; microwave radiometry; ocean; partial ice concentration; satellite remote sensing; sea ice; sea-ice product; sea-ice products; total ice concentration; Algorithm design and analysis; Antarctica; Arctic; Electronic mail; Image sensors; Microwave sensors; NASA; Oceans; Satellites; Sea ice;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5207-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1999.774527
