Sea Ice Thickness Measurement Using Spaceborne GNSS-R: First Results With TechDemoSat-1 Data

• Published in: IEEE journal of selected topics in applied earth observations and remote sensing Vol. 13; pp. 577 - 587
• Main Authors: Yan, Qingyun, Huang, Weimin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Chemical analysis; Correlation coefficient; Correlation coefficients; Data; Estimation; Global navigation satellite system; Global navigation satellite system-reflectometry (GNSS-R); Ice cover; Ice thickness; Navigation; Navigational satellites; Ocean temperature; Reflectance; Reflection; Reflectometry; Remote sensing; Sea ice; sea ice thickness (SIT); Sea measurements; Sea surface; Seawater; Signal reflection; Soil; Soil moisture; soil moisture active passive (SMAP); soil moisture ocean salinity (SMOS); Soils; Specular reflection; Surface roughness; Surface roughness effects; TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1); Thickness measurement; Water analysis

In this article, an effective schematic is developed for estimating sea ice thickness (SIT) from the reflectivity (Γ) produced with TechDemoSat-1 (TDS-1) Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry data. Here, Γ is formulated as the product of the propagation loss due to SIT and the reflection...