Title :
Operational sea ice monitoring with RADARSAT-2 - a glimpse into the future
Author :
De Abreu, Roger ; Flett, Dean ; Scheuchl, Bernd ; Ramsay, Bruce
Author_Institution :
Canadian Ice Service, Canada Meteorological Service, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
In order to assess the potential of RADARSAT-2, a field-validated airborne and satellite SAR sea ice dataset was collected over young and first year sea ice at multiple polarizations. Some preliminary observations are presented.
Keywords :
airborne radar; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; CIS; Canada; Canadian Ice Service; RADARSAT-2; SAR sea ice dataset; airborne SAR; multiple polarizations; preliminary observations; satellite SAR; sea ice monitoring; Computational Intelligence Society; Computerized monitoring; Data analysis; Meteorology; Polarization; Protection; Remote monitoring; Satellites; Sea ice; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294092
