EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS
We examine the capability of multipolarisation SAR for glacier monitoring on Austre Okstindbreen in mid-Norway using airborne and geocoded EMISAR images in C- and L-Band from the EMAC '95 campaign. The crosspolarisation SAR images (HV and VH) contain more backscatter variation and reveal more d...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.547.7338 2023-05-15T16:21:59+02:00 EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS Max König Jan-gunnar Winther Niels Tvis Knudsen Tore Guneriussen The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.547.7338 http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/eProceedings/vol01_1/01_1_koenig1.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.547.7338 http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/eProceedings/vol01_1/01_1_koenig1.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://las.physik.uni-oldenburg.de/eProceedings/vol01_1/01_1_koenig1.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T11:22:13Z We examine the capability of multipolarisation SAR for glacier monitoring on Austre Okstindbreen in mid-Norway using airborne and geocoded EMISAR images in C- and L-Band from the EMAC '95 campaign. The crosspolarisation SAR images (HV and VH) contain more backscatter variation and reveal more details on the glacier than the HH and VV polarised images. HH and VV images are very similar, as well are HV and VH images. An icefall is clearly visible, and crevasses are visi-ble in L-Band. The present year's equilibrium line cannot be seen on the SAR images, however a distinct line is visible on the C-Band SAR images. Photographs from Austre Okstindbreen show that this line represents the firn line created by previous year's layers. Monitoring of the firn line will be a valuable source of information. The firn line is itself not affected by yearly variations in equilibrium-line altitude, but a permanent change in the average equilibrium-line altitude will eventually result in a change in firn-line altitude. The firn-line altitude serves thus as a valuable climate indicator and appears to be easily detectable on SAR images due to strong difference in backscatter between ice and firn. Eventually, this may call for the development of correlation fac-tors between firn-line altitude (FLA) and mass balance in contrast to today's use of equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) in order to use SAR for routine mass-balance monitoring. Text glacier Unknown Norway Ela ENVELOPE(9.642,9.642,63.170,63.170) austre Okstindbreen ENVELOPE(14.293,14.293,66.014,66.014) Okstindbreen ENVELOPE(14.148,14.148,65.987,65.987) |
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We examine the capability of multipolarisation SAR for glacier monitoring on Austre Okstindbreen in mid-Norway using airborne and geocoded EMISAR images in C- and L-Band from the EMAC '95 campaign. The crosspolarisation SAR images (HV and VH) contain more backscatter variation and reveal more details on the glacier than the HH and VV polarised images. HH and VV images are very similar, as well are HV and VH images. An icefall is clearly visible, and crevasses are visi-ble in L-Band. The present year's equilibrium line cannot be seen on the SAR images, however a distinct line is visible on the C-Band SAR images. Photographs from Austre Okstindbreen show that this line represents the firn line created by previous year's layers. Monitoring of the firn line will be a valuable source of information. The firn line is itself not affected by yearly variations in equilibrium-line altitude, but a permanent change in the average equilibrium-line altitude will eventually result in a change in firn-line altitude. The firn-line altitude serves thus as a valuable climate indicator and appears to be easily detectable on SAR images due to strong difference in backscatter between ice and firn. Eventually, this may call for the development of correlation fac-tors between firn-line altitude (FLA) and mass balance in contrast to today's use of equilibrium-line altitude (ELA) in order to use SAR for routine mass-balance monitoring. |
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Max König Jan-gunnar Winther Niels Tvis Knudsen Tore Guneriussen EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS |
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EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS |
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EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS |
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EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS |
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EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS |
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EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS |
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equilibrium- and firn-line detection with multi-polarization sar – first results |
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