Multi-polarization SAR data for operational ice monitoring

Author

Manore, M.J. ; Flett, D.G. ; De Abreu, R.A. ; Ramsay, B.R. ; van der Sanden, J.J.

Author_Institution

Canadian Ice Service, Meteorological Service of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

1246

Abstract

The launch of Envisat-ASAR, RADARSAT-2 and ALOS-PALSAR will offer operational polarization-diverse SAR data for the first time. A series of example data sets from aircraft and SIR-C are examined to evaluate the operational potential of these future systems. The primary operational advantage of multi-polarization data will be improved ice-water discrimination at low incidence angles, although the expected noise-floor of the satellite systems may limit their utility for discrimination of new ice types

Keywords

oceanographic techniques; radar polarimetry; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; SAR; ice type; ice water discrimination; low incidence angle; measurement technique; multi-polarization SAR; multiple polarization; multipolarization SAR; ocean; operational monitoring; radar polarimetry; radar remote sensing; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Aircraft; Frequency; Meteorology; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Polarization; Remote monitoring; Satellites; Sea ice; Spaceborne 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.2001.976807

Filename

976807