Title :
Evaluation of ice concentration algorithms using data fusion of SSM/I and Radarsat
Author :
Shokr, Mohammed ; Markus, Thorsten
Author_Institution :
Canada Meteorological Service, Toronto, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The sea ice concentration from the enhanced NASA Team (NT2) algorithm was evaluated against coincident Radarsat images. The evaluation uses a new data fusion technique accounting for the sensor´s antenna pattern. Evaluation can be performed visually or statistically. This study involves cases from the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada during the winter of 2000. Results show good agreement between the data sets.
Keywords :
oceanographic techniques; oceanography; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; AD 2000; Canada; NASA Team; NT2 algorithm; SSM/I; Saint Lawrence Gulf; antenna pattern; coincident Radarsat images; data fusion technique; ice concentration algorithms; sea ice concentration; sensor antenna; Computational Intelligence Society; Frequency; Image analysis; Image sensors; Meteorology; Microwave sensors; NASA; Performance evaluation; Satellites; Sea ice;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1293680
