Measuring Climatic State Variables from SAR Images of Sea Ice: The SIMS SAR Validation Site in Lancaster Sound

• Main Authors: David G. Barber, Douglas D. Johnson, Ellsworth E Ledrew
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: cryosphere-h; Arctic; Barrow Strait; Lancaster Sound; Mould Bay; Northwest Territories; Arctique*; banquise; Sea ice; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.112.1924; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic44-s-108.pdf

ABSTRACT. In this paper we consider three aspects of arctic sea ice climate studies: a review of climate processes related to a seasonal sea ice cover, a review of how climate state variables related to the reviewed processes may be measured using remote sensing data, and an analysis of the relative...