Title :
Ice thickness estimation using SAR data and ice thickness history
Author :
Karvonen, Juha ; Similä, Markku ; Heiler, Istvan
Author_Institution :
Finnish Inst. of Marine Res., Helsinki, Finland
Abstract :
We introduce an algorithm for sea ice thickness estimation by augmenting the sea ice thickness history derived from the daily digitized ice charts for the Baltic Sea ice. This algorithm is designed for operational use and utilizes the C-band Radarsat-1 data.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; oceanography; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; Baltic Sea; C-band Radarsat-1 data; SAR data; ice charts; ice thickness estimation; ice thickness history; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; Algorithm design and analysis; Clustering algorithms; History; Ice thickness; Image edge detection; Image segmentation; Merging; Monitoring; Sea ice; Sea surface;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293683
