| Download | - View accepted manuscript: Physical properties of natural sea ice: implications for single- and multi-polarization SAR images (PDF, 961 KiB)
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| Author | Search for: Johnston, M.1; Search for: Sinha, N. K.2 |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering
- National Research Council of Canada. Aerospace
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Conference | 16th Int. Symposium on Okhotsk Sea and Sea Ice, 4–8 February 2001, Mombetsu, Hokkaido, Japan |
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| Abstract | This paper discusses the physical properties of naturally grown first-year sea ice and the implications that ice physical properties have for single- and multi-polarization SAR images. Temporally and spatially coincident images from the vertically polarized European Research Satellite (ERS-1) and the CCRS polarimetric airSAR are compared. Quantified from the two different SARs is the backscattering coefficient of three sample areas of first-year ice near Resolute, Cornwallis Island. The 46° to 52° span of incidence angles in the polarimetric airSAR produce much lower microwave returns than observed from the 23° incidence angle of the ERS-1 satellite. The direct influence that ice salinity, density and microstructure have upon the ice microwave scattering characteristics is quantified in terms of the backscattering coefficient. |
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| Publication date | 2001 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 21277239 |
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| Export citation | Export as RIS |
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| Record identifier | f6041325-4887-4784-aa03-30ff71a30994 |
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| Record created | 2016-01-21 |
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| Record modified | 2020-06-04 |
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