Study of Iceberg BlOA using Scatterometer Data

Abstract- The Antarctic continent continually releases glacial ice into the ocean in the form of icebergs calving from glaciers and ice shelves. Microwave scatterometers can provide useful information about the spatial and temporal behavior of large icebergs. In this paper, results from the observat...

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Main Authors: Haroon Stephen, David G. Long
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Ice Shelves
Iceberg*
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.391.6186
http://www.mers.byu.edu/long/papers/conf/IGARSS2000JulyStephen.pdf
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Summary:Abstract- The Antarctic continent continually releases glacial ice into the ocean in the form of icebergs calving from glaciers and ice shelves. Microwave scatterometers can provide useful information about the spatial and temporal behavior of large icebergs. In this paper, results from the observation of BlOA during 1992-2000, using ERS-1/2 AMI Scatterometer (ESCAT), NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) and SeaWinds on QuikScat (QSCAT) data are presented. Multi-sensor analysis shows a general consistency of C-band & ' measurements from ESCAT and Ku-band a " measurements from NSCAT and SeaWinds. Certain subtle differences are observed which reflect the frequency dependence of iceberg a " measurements.

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