Title :
Polarimetric remote sensing of sea ice - from theory to practice
Author :
Nedeltchev, N.M. ; Peuch, J.C ; Baudrand, H.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract :
The employment of radars in remote sensing monitoring of polar regions is well known and largely proven practice today. In general the sea ice controls the heat transfer and mass-balance between the ocean-and the atmosphere. To interpret ice polarimetric signatures a composite microwave model is studied. The model relates the electromagnetic scattering from sea ice to its geophysical properties.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; snow; 1.25 GHz; 5.3 GHz; AD 1988; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; C-band; L-band; composite model; electromagnetic scattering; measurement technique; microwave backscatter; ocean; polarimetric signature; polarization; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; sea ice; snow cover; snowcover; stochastic model; theory; Atmosphere; Atmospheric modeling; Employment; Heat transfer; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Remote monitoring; Remote sensing; Sea ice; Temperature control;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026486
