Radar Scatterometer Discrimination of Sea-Ice Types
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics
- Vol. 15 (2) , 83-87
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tge.1977.294480
Abstract
Experiments with 400-MHz and 13.3-GHz radar scatterometers indicate that these all-weather remote sensors provide some information which may be used to discriminate between some types of sea-ice categories. Using 12 incidence angles, first-year and multiyear ice were distinguished with greater than 90-percent correct identification accuracy on the basis of 13.3-GHz VV polarization scatterometer data taken in May 1967, near Pt. Barrow, Alaska (NASA Mission 47). Thin, first-year, and multiyear ice were distinguished with about 87-percent correct identification accuracy on the basis of the 13.3-GHz VV polarization scatterometer data taken in April 1970, also near Pt. Barrow, Alaska (NASA Mission 126) and about 75-percent correct identification accuracy on the basis of the 400-MHz VV polarization scatterometer taken during the same mission.Keywords
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