• DocumentCode
    3492276
  • 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
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    6-10 Jul 1998
  • Firstpage
    1530
  • 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;
  • 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.1998.691570
  • Filename
    691570