Title :
Baltic Sea Ice Thickness Charts based on Thermodynamic Snow/Ice Model, C-band SAR Classification and Ice Motion Detection
Author :
Karvonen, Juha ; Cheng, Bin ; Simila, M. ; Hallikainen, Martti
Author_Institution :
Finnish Inst. of Marine Res. (FIMR), Helsinki
Abstract :
We have studied the estimation of the Baltic Sea ice thickness based on a thermodynamic ice model and SAR data to produce ice thickness charts (ITCs) for navigation. Our new algorithm, also taking into account the ice motion between successive SAR images, has shown promising results.
Keywords :
oceanographic regions; oceanographic techniques; remote sensing by radar; sea ice; synthetic aperture radar; thermodynamic properties; Baltic Sea; C-band SAR classification; ice motion detection; ice thickness charts; sea ice thickness; thermodynamic ice model; Backscatter; Ice thickness; Image segmentation; Motion detection; Motion estimation; Navigation; Sea ice; Snow; Synthetic aperture radar; Thermodynamics; C-band; Ice Thickness Estimation; SAR; Sea Ice; Thermodynamic Snow/Ice Model;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2008. IGARSS 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2807-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2808-3
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779685
