Seasat scatterometer observations of sea ice

Seasat I scatterometer data collected over the Beaufort Sea are analyzed and compared with a simple theoretical model that includes surface roughness and volume scattering. The values of the root-mean-square (rms) surface slope of roughness and the volume scattering albedo are adjusted to fit the da...

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Published inIEEE transactions on geoscience and remote sensing Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 716 - 723
Main Author Swift, C.T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY IEEE 01.03.1999
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Subjects
Albedo
Applied geophysics
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
Internal geophysics
Marine
Marine geology
Monitors
Radar measurements
Remote monitoring
Remote sensing
Rough surfaces
Satellites
Scattering
Scatterometers
Sea ice
Sea surface
Spaceborne radar
Spacecraft
Surface fitting
Surface roughness
Beaufort Sea
wave scattering
roughness
Space remote sensing
sea ice
Arctic Ocean
albedo
statistics
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Summary:Seasat I scatterometer data collected over the Beaufort Sea are analyzed and compared with a simple theoretical model that includes surface roughness and volume scattering. The values of the root-mean-square (rms) surface slope of roughness and the volume scattering albedo are adjusted to fit the data. With qualifications imposed on the theoretical assumptions, the data are well modeled by the two parameters and the sensor offers a physically based means to monitor the statistical properties of sea ice using satellite scatterometers, such as the European Remote Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) and the NSCAT, which collected data from the Japanese ADEOS I spacecraft.
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ISSN:0196-2892
1558-0644
DOI:10.1109/36.752188