Title :
Active microwave observation and modeling of snowpack thickness on Arctic sea ice
Author :
Onstott, Robert G. ; Barber, David
Author_Institution :
ERIM Int., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Abstract :
A detailed characterization and study of the electromagnetics properties of snow-covered sea ice has been made with the intent to retrieve snow property information using satellite-based radar. This work also examined the association of energy balance components and the change in snow and ice properties. The microwave signature of snow on level first year-ice was documented during the seasonal transition from spring-to-summer
Keywords :
remote sensing by radar; sea ice; snow; spaceborne radar; Arctic sea ice; active microwave observation; electromagnetics properties; energy balance components; level first year-ice; microwave signature; satellite-based radar; seasonal transition; snowpack thickness; spring-to-summer; Arctic; Backscatter; Electromagnetics; Ice thickness; Information retrieval; Monitoring; Sea ice; Snow; Spaceborne radar; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4403-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1998.691570
