Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 5446365 |
| Pages (from-to) | 3256-3267 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2010 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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C-band polarimetric backscattering signatures of newly formed sea ice during fall freeze-up. / Isleifson, Dustin; Hwang, Byongjun; Barber, David G.; Scharien, Randall K.; Shafai, Lotfollah.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - C-band polarimetric backscattering signatures of newly formed sea ice during fall freeze-up
AU - Isleifson, Dustin
AU - Hwang, Byongjun
AU - Barber, David G.
AU - Scharien, Randall K.
AU - Shafai, Lotfollah
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Arctic regions
KW - polarimetric radar
KW - radar measurements
KW - sea ice
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U2 - 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2043954
DO - 10.1109/TGRS.2010.2043954
M3 - Article
VL - 48
SP - 3256
EP - 3267
JO - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
JF - IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
SN - 0196-2892
IS - 8
M1 - 5446365
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