Title :
Evaluating the use of QuikSCAT data for operational sea ice monitoring
Author :
De Abreu, Roger ; Wilson, Katherine ; Arkett, Matt ; Langlois, Darlene
Author_Institution :
Canadian Ice Service, Meteorol. Service of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Near-real time QuikSCAT image products are evaluated for ice mapping from the perspective of the Canadian Ice Services Operational Environment.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; CIS; Canada; Canadian Ice Service; QuikSCAT; measurement technique; ocean; operational monitoring; radar remote sensing; radar scatterometry; sea ice; spaceborne radar; Backscatter; Computational Intelligence Society; Condition monitoring; Image edge detection; Meteorology; Protection; Radar detection; Remote monitoring; Sea ice; Sea measurements;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1026860
