Title :
Study of iceberg B10A using scatterometer data
Author :
Stephen, Haroon ; Long, David G.
Author_Institution :
MERS Lab., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
The Antarctic continent continually releases glacial ice into the ocean in the form of icebergs calving from glaciers and ice shelves. Microwave scatterometers can provide useful information about the spatial and temporal behavior of large icebergs. In this paper, results from the observation of B10A during 1992-2000, using ERS-1/2 AMI Scatterometer (ESCAT), NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) and SeaWinds on QuikScat (QSCAT) data are presented. Multi-sensor analysis shows a general consistency of C-band σ0 measurements from ESCAT and Ku-band σ0 measurements from NSCAT and SeaWinds. Certain subtle differences are observed which reflect the frequency dependence of iceberg σ0 measurements
Keywords :
glaciology; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; AD 1992 to 2000; AMI; Antarctica; B10A; C-band; ERS; ESCAT; Ku-band; NSCAT; QSCAT; QuikScat; SeaWinds; Southern Ocean; berg; frequency dependence; glacial ice; glaciology; iceberg; measurement technique; ocean; radar remote sensing; radar scatterometry; remote sensing; sea ice; Ambient intelligence; Antarctica; Continents; Frequency dependence; Frequency measurement; Ice; NASA; Oceans; Radar measurements; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858112
