Title :
Operational use of remote sensing data for ice monitoring along Canada´s East Coast-winter 1992/1993
Author :
Gauthier, Marie-France ; Miville, Bernard
Author_Institution :
Ice Centre Environ. Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
It is shown how ice data collected from various remote sensors: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NOAA AVHRR), STAR-2 aircraft Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Dash-7 Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) and the European Space Agency satellite (ERS-1 SAR) are integrated by Ice Centre´s forecasters to prepare ice charts and analyses. Selected examples from the 1992-93 winter season over Eastern Canadian waters especially over the Gulf of St. Lawrence depict the strengths and weaknesses of each sensor
Keywords :
oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; AD 1992; AD 1993; AVHRR; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; Canada; ERS-1; Gulf of St. Lawrence; North Atlantic; SAR; SLAR; coast; measurement technique; ocean; optical method; radar remote sensing; sea ice; winter; Airborne radar; Aircraft; Gas industry; Ice; Radiometry; Remote monitoring; Satellite broadcasting; Shipbuilding industry; Synthetic aperture radar; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1993. IGARSS '93. Better Understanding of Earth Environment., International
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1240-6
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1993.322047
