Multi-polarization C-band SAR signatures of arctic sea ice

Author

Nghiem, S.V. ; Bertoia, C.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1243

Abstract

The Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (ASAR) is scheduled to be launched on the ENVISAT satellite in summer 2001. For Arctic-sea ice mapping using future ASAR data, we carry out a study of multiple polarization C-band SAR signatures of various sea ice types. We present polarimetric SAR data acquired over sea ice acquired by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory polarimetric AIRSAR system on the NASA DC-8 aircraft over sea ice regions in the Beaufort Sea and the Bering Sea. We use a physical sea ice model to study polarimetric scattering signatures of sea ice. The results also provides useful information to the future RADARSAT-2 multi-polarization SAR for sea ice mapping

Keywords

backscatter; oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; radar cross-sections; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; ASAR; Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; C-band; ENVISAT; SAR; SHF; measurement technique; multiple polarization; multipolarization; ocean; polarimetric SAR; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; radar scattering; radar signature; sea ice; sea ice type; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Aircraft propulsion; Arctic; Laboratories; Layout; NASA; Oceans; Polarization; Radar scattering; Sea ice; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976806

Filename

976806