Title :
Sea Ice Roughness From Airborne LIDAR Profiles
Author :
Rivas, Maria Belmonte ; Maslanik, James A. ; Sonntag, John G. ; Axelrad, Penina
Author_Institution :
Astrodynamics Res., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO
Abstract :
Light detection and ranging (LIDAR) data acquired during the AMSR-Ice03 Arctic flights are used to observe and characterize the spectral behavior of sea ice roughness. Height distributions and roughness spectral densities are derived from surface profiles measured over a variety of sea ice types. The spectral densities are fit to Lorentzian curves to obtain the correlation length and root-mean-square height of roughness within the sampling bandpass of the LIDAR profiler. The utilization of these spectral parameters outside of their bandpass is also discussed
Keywords :
airborne radar; electromagnetic wave scattering; oceanographic techniques; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; rough surfaces; sea ice; AMSR-IceO3 Arctic experiment; Lorentzian curves; airborne LIDAR profile; electromagnetic scattering; height distribution; light detection and ranging; roughness correlation length; roughness root-mean-square height; roughness spectral density; sea ice roughness; Arctic; Density measurement; Ice surface; Laser radar; Rough surfaces; Sea ice; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Surface fitting; Surface roughness; Electromagnetic scattering by rough surfaces; laser radar; sea ice;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.2006.875775
