Iceberg Detection Using Compact Polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar ...

The management and monitoring of icebergs and sea ice is an important consideration for any maritime operations that take place in the polar and near-polar regions. Spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites can provide iceberg detection capabilities over vast areas of ocean with a quick r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denbina, Michael
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Graduate Studies 2014
Subjects:
Remote Sensing
Engineering > Electronics and Electrical
Engineering > Marine and Ocean
icebergs
iceberg detection
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Circular Polarization
Compact polarimetry
Arctic
polarization
Stokes vector
Iceberg*
Sea ice
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.11575/prism/26410
https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/11023/1946
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Summary:The management and monitoring of icebergs and sea ice is an important consideration for any maritime operations that take place in the polar and near-polar regions. Spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites can provide iceberg detection capabilities over vast areas of ocean with a quick revisit time. Canada's next Radarsat satellite, the Radarsat Constellation, will collect compact polarimetry, a polarimetric SAR configuration that transmits a circular polarization rather than the typical linear horizontal or vertical polarizations. In doing so, it can provide greater polarimetric information than typical linear dual-polarized SAR, without the swath width restrictions of fully polarimetric or quad-polarized SAR. In this thesis, the use of compact polarimetry for iceberg detection is explored. The detection performance of Radarsat Constellation data, simulated using Radarsat-2 data, is assessed using validated iceberg locations collected by a survey vessel. Many new algorithms are tested for use ...

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