Title :
LIMEX ´87 ice surface characteristics: implications for C-band SAR backscatter signatures
Author :
Drinkwater, Mark R.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Ice surface characterization data collected in 1987, during the Labrador Ice Margin Experiment, are analyzed to estimate the changes in snow and ice properties at the onset of melt. Surface measurements were made from an ice research vessel on several days (some of which had coincident remote sensing flights) at a number of locations in the marginal ice zone. These data are used as input parameters in a simple scattering model to simulate the effects of variations in material properties upon C-band scattering signatures
Keywords :
backscatter; oceanographic regions; radar measurement; radiowave propagation; remote sensing; sea ice; C-band SAR backscatter signatures; C-band scattering signatures; LIMEX ´87; Labrador Ice Margin Experiment; NW Atlantic; ice surface characteristics; marginal ice zone; melt; scattering model; sea ice; snow; Backscatter; Ice surface; Radar scattering; Remote sensing; Rough surfaces; Sea ice; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Snow; Surface roughness;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGRS.1989.35933
