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In:
Supplement to: Isleifson, Dustin; Hwang, Byongjun; Barber, David G; Scharien, Randall K; Shafai, Lotfollah (2010): C-Band polarimetric backscattering signatures of newly formed sea ice during fall freeze-up. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 48(8), 3256-3267, https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2010.2043954
Publication Date:
2023-12-13
Description:
A study of the polarimetric backscattering response of newly formed sea ice types under a large assortment of surface coverage was conducted using a ship-based C-band polarimetric radar system. Polarimetric backscattering results and physical data for 40 stations during the fall freeze-up of 2003, 2006, and 2007 are presented. Analysis of the copolarized correlation coefficient showed its sensitivity to both sea ice thickness and surface coverage and resulted in a statistically significant separation of ice thickness into two regimes: ice less than 6 cm thick and ice greater than 8 cm thick. A case study quantified the backscatter of a layer of snow infiltrated frost flowers on new sea ice, showing that the presence of the old frost flowers can enhance the backscatter by more than 6 dB. Finally, a statistical analysis of a series of temporal-spatial measurements over a visually homogeneous frost-flower-covered ice floe identified temperature as a significant, but not exclusive, factor in the backscattering measurements.
Keywords:
International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY
Type:
Dataset
Format:
application/zip, 3 datasets
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