DocumentCode :
3474169
Title :
C-band polarimetric backscatter observations of Great Lakes ice
Author :
Nghiem, S.V. ; Leshkevich, G.A. ; Kwok, R.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Volume :
3
fYear :
1998
fDate :
6-10 Jul 1998
Firstpage :
1400
Abstract :
Two experiments were carried out during the 1997 winter season across the Straits of Mackinac and Lake Superior. C-band radar backscatter signatures of various ice types and open water were measured from U.S. Coast Guard Ice Breaker vessels together with ground truth data. Polarimetric backscatter data were obtained at incident angles up to 60° for all polarizations. Backscatter signatures of 20 ice types/conditions were collected along the Coast Guard ship tracks in February and March 1997. The backscatter data set with in-situ ice characteristic parameter measurements are to be used in the development of the ice mapping algorithms using satellite SAR data over the Great Lakes. The results at C-band frequency for multiple incident angles and multiple polarizations are applicable to the current ERS and RADARSAT synthetic aperture radars (SAR) and the future ENVISAT SAR
Keywords :
backscatter; hydrological techniques; ice; lakes; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1997; C-band; Canada; Great Lakes; Lake Superior; SAR; SHF; Straits of Mackinac; USA; hydrology; ice type; incident angle; lake ice; lake surface; measurement technique; microwave radar; polarimetric backscatter observations; polarization; radar backscatter signature; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; synthetic aperture radar; winter season; Backscatter; Ice; Lakes; Marine vehicles; Polarization; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar tracking; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.691450
Filename :
691450
Link To Document :
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