MAPPING SEA ICE THICKNESS WITH RADARSAT AND A HELICOPTER-BORNE
Knowledge of sea ice thickness is important for safe navigation in ice-infested waters, for the design of ships and offshore structures, and for the understanding of climate change. It is needed to quantify factors such as ocean-atmosphere heat exchange and mass flux of sea ice in energy and fresh-w...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.1135 http://ccmtgc.mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/ocean/seaice/Publications/peterson08.pdf |
| Summary: | Knowledge of sea ice thickness is important for safe navigation in ice-infested waters, for the design of ships and offshore structures, and for the understanding of climate change. It is needed to quantify factors such as ocean-atmosphere heat exchange and mass flux of sea ice in energy and fresh-water budgets. Although SAR data alone cannot be used to infer absolute ice thicknesses, it can be used for ice-type classification and |
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