EQUILIBRIUM- AND FIRN-LINE DETECTION WITH MULTI-POLARIZATION SAR – FIRST RESULTS

• Main Authors: Max König, Jan-gunnar Winther, Niels Tvis Knudsen, Tore Guneriussen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Norway; Ela; austre Okstindbreen; Okstindbreen; glacier
• Online Access: 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

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...