Sea ice polarimetric backscatter signatures at C band

Author

Nghiem, S.V. ; Kwok, R. ; Yueh, S.H. ; Kong, J.A. ; Gow, A.J. ; Perovich, D.K. ; Martin, S. ; Drucker, R.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

27-31 May 1996

Firstpage

1190

Abstract

Presents C-band polarimetric backscatter signatures of sea ice measured during CRRELEX (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Experiment) from 1993 to 1995. Observed radar backscatter of sea ice is related to sea ice physical characteristics. Complex scattering models for sea ice are developed and used to interpret measured radar data with sea ice physical parameters. These results for sea ice at C-band are important for applications to remote sensing data acquired with many airborne and spaceborne C-band synthetic aperture radars

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; radar theory; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1993; AD 1994; AD 1995; C-band; CRRELEX; SAR; SHF; complex scattering model; measurement technique; microwave; ocean; physical characteristics; polarimetric backscatter signature; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; Backscatter; Laboratories; Radar measurements; Radar polarimetry; Radar remote sensing; Radar scattering; Scattering parameters; Sea ice; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1996. IGARSS '96. 'Remote Sensing for a Sustainable Future.', International

Conference_Location

Lincoln, NE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3068-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1996.516611

Filename

516611