Method for detection of leads from Sentinel-1 SAR images

• Published in: Annals of glaciology Vol. 59; no. 76pt2; pp. 124 - 136
• Main Authors: Murashkin, Dmitrii, Spreen, Gunnar, Huntemann, Marcus, Dierking, Wolfgang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.07.2018; Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Arctic sea ice; Classification; Detection; Earth science; Fluxes; Freezing; Geofag: 450; Geosciences: 450; Glaciers; Growth rate; Ice; Ice cover; Ice environments; ice/atmosphere interactions; ice/ocean interactions; Image detection; Kvartærgeologi, glasiologi: 465; Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400; Mathematical models; Mathematics and natural science: 400; Methods; Neural networks; Open access; Quality; Quaternary geology, glaciology: 465; Radar; Radar imaging; Radar polarimetry; remote sensing; SAR (radar); Satellite data; Satellites; Sea ice; sea-ice dynamics; Studies; Synthetic aperture radar; VDP; Arctic Ocean; Arctic region; ice/atmosphere interactions; remote sensing; sea-ice dynamics; ice/ocean interactions; sea ice

The presence of leads with open water or thin ice is an important feature of the Arctic sea ice cover. Leads regulate the heat, gas and moisture fluxes between the ocean and atmosphere and are areas of high ice growth rates during periods of freezing conditions. Here, an algorithm providing an autom...