Iceberg tracking using HF surface wave radar

Author

Chan, H.C. ; Davies, T.W. ; Hall, P.

Author_Institution

Canadian Dept. of Nat. Defence, Canada

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

6-9 Oct 1997

Firstpage

1290

Abstract

An iceberg surveillance experiment involving multiple sensors was carried out in a one-week period between April and May, 1995. Several Canadian and U.S. Agencies and members of industry participated The Canadian Department of National Defence, in collaboration with industry provided high-frequency surface-wave radar (HFSWR) sensors, while the Canadian and U.S. Coast Guards collected surface and aerial ground-truth data. The experiment coincided with the over-flight of the surveillance area by the ERS-1 satellite. The ERS-1 data permitted the evaluation of techniques for detecting icebergs from satellite imagery. This article reports the results of tracking surface targets with the HFSWR. Surface targets were detected out to beyond 100 nautical miles. The estimated positions of the targets correlated very well with the available ground-truth data

Keywords

oceanographic techniques; radar detection; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; 4.2 MHz; AD 1995 04; AD 1995 05; HF radar; ground based radar; iceberg tracking; measurement technique; multiple sensors; ocean; over the horizon radar; radar detection; radar remote sensing; sea ice; surface wave radar; surveillance experiment; Collaboration; Hafnium; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Radar tracking; Satellites; Spaceborne radar; Surface waves; Surveillance; Target tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '97. MTS/IEEE Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4108-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1997.624181

Filename

624181