Study of the relationship between the scale of sea ice deformation and radar backscatter intensity using ERS-1 SAR

Author

Onstott, Robert G. ; Miller, Darren ; Shuchman, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Center for Earth Sci., Environ. Res. Inst. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

1

fYear

34881

fDate

10-14 Jul1995

Firstpage

419

Abstract

Knowledge of the relationship between the backscatter response and physical properties of deformed sea ice is important in documenting the information which may be retrieved using synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Investigations have been conducted in the use of SAR to assess the state of deformation of Arctic sea ice and the robustness of the inversion of the SAR signatures to estimates of deformation state, ice thickness, and ridge height. This paper presents relevant issues and illustrates SAR signatures for a variety of deformed ice cases

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave scattering; oceanographic techniques; radar applications; radar cross-sections; remote sensing; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; Arctic; ERS-1; SAR; SAR signature; backscatter; backscatter intensity; deformed sea ice; measurement technique; ocean sea surface; radar scattering; remote sensing; ridge height; sea ice deformation; spaceborne radar; synthetic aperture radar; thickness; Backscatter; Geoscience; Ice thickness; Information retrieval; Ocean temperature; Sea ice; Sea surface; Snow; Surface topography; Synthetic aperture radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1995. IGARSS '95. 'Quantitative Remote Sensing for Science and Applications', International

Conference_Location

Firenze

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2567-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1995.520297

Filename

520297