Data fusion for use of passive microwave data in operational sea-ice monitoring

Author

Partington, Kim ; Keller, Mary-Ruth ; Seymour, Paul ; Bertoia, Cheryl

Author_Institution

U.S. Nat. Ice Center, Washington, DC, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1579

Abstract

A new SSM/I algorithm is described that is based on near real-time data fusion with portions of operational ice charts derived from RADARSAT, OLS or AVHRR data. The aim of this is to enable parts of the ice chart where there is no cloud-free imagery or SAR data to be completed using an SSM/I algorithm that is tuned to the region and time associated with the ice chart. The algorithm is a linear combination of partial concentrations from the NASA Team and Bootstrap algorithms together with lower variance principal components of SSM/I data. The algorithm is designed for near real time use in production of operational ice charts

Keywords

geophysical signal processing; oceanographic techniques; radiometry; remote sensing; sea ice; sensor fusion; NASA Team and Bootstrap algorithm; SSM/I; algorithm; data fusion; lower variance principal components; measurement technique; microwave radiometry; ocean; operational ice chart; operational monitoring; passive microwave data; remote sensing; satellite remote sensing; sea ice; sensor fusion; Algorithm design and analysis; Image sensors; Interpolation; Least squares methods; Microwave sensors; Monitoring; NASA; Sea ice; Spatial resolution; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1999. IGARSS '99 Proceedings. IEEE 1999 International

Conference_Location

Hamburg

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5207-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1999.772025

Filename

772025