DocumentCode
484499
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
Volume
4
fYear
2008
fDate
7-11 July 2008
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4779685
Filename
4779685
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