Title :
SeaWinds views Greenland
Author :
Ashcraft, Ivan S. ; Long, David G.
Author_Institution :
MERS Lab., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA
Abstract :
Data from the Ku-band SeaWinds scatterometer is used to investigate the extent of the ice facies in Greenland. The duration of the summer melt over the Greenland ice sheet is calculated using the temporal signature of the SeaWinds data. Daily ascending and descending enhanced resolution radar backscatter images of Greenland are produced to investigate diurnal variations in backscatter measurements. These are compared with diurnal variations in the brightness temperature measured by SSM/I. Multi-annual changes in the Greenland ice sheet are studied by comparing 1999 SeaWinds data to 1996 NSCAT data
Keywords :
glaciology; hydrological techniques; remote sensing by radar; snow; spaceborne radar; AD 1996; AD 1999; Greenland; Greenland ice sheet; Ku-band; SeaWinds; backscatter image; diurnal variation; glaciology; hydrology; ice facies; measurement technique; polar ice sheet; radar remote sensing; radar scatterometry; spaceborne radar; summer melt; temporal signature; Backscatter; Brightness temperature; Ice; Image resolution; Laboratories; Polarization; Radar measurements; Scattering; Snow; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6359-0
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858045
