Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study
The need of large scale observations with high temporal frequency has promoted airborne and satellite remote sensing techniques for glaciological applications. In particular, active microwave sensors, such as synthetic aperture radars (SARs), offer all-weather and daylight independent operability wh...
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ftdlr:oai:elib.dlr.de:126678 2024-05-19T07:40:43+00:00 Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study Parrella, Giuseppe Fischer, Georg Pardini, Matteo Papathanassiou, Konstantinos Hajnsek, Irena 2019-07 application/pdf https://elib.dlr.de/126678/ https://elib.dlr.de/126678/1/Parrella_et_al_Interpretation_of_PolSAR_and_TomoSAR_signatures_from_glacier_sursuface_the_K-transect_case_study.pdf en eng https://elib.dlr.de/126678/1/Parrella_et_al_Interpretation_of_PolSAR_and_TomoSAR_signatures_from_glacier_sursuface_the_K-transect_case_study.pdf Parrella, Giuseppe und Fischer, Georg und Pardini, Matteo und Papathanassiou, Konstantinos und Hajnsek, Irena (2019) Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study. In: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2019-07-28 - 2019-08-02, Yokohama, Japan. doi:10.1109/igarss.2019.8898760 <https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2019.8898760>. Radarkonzepte Konferenzbeitrag PeerReviewed 2019 ftdlr https://doi.org/10.1109/igarss.2019.8898760 2024-04-25T00:50:07Z The need of large scale observations with high temporal frequency has promoted airborne and satellite remote sensing techniques for glaciological applications. In particular, active microwave sensors, such as synthetic aperture radars (SARs), offer all-weather and daylight independent operability which is of great advantage at high latitudes, where extreme environmental conditions and long period of darkness strongly limit other kinds of sensors. Moreover, longer wavelengths allow to penetrate significantly into dry snow and ice, interacting with surface as well as subsurface features. On the one hand, this makes SAR measurements suitable to investigate the subsurface structure of glaciers and ice sheets. On the other hand, the complex interaction of microwaves with the subsurface layers makes the interpretation of SAR measurements challenging. This study investigates the potential of SAR techniques to retrieve information about glacier subsurface. SAR polarimetry and tomography are used to gain a 3D characterization of the scattering scenario of the K-transect, a site located in the ablation zone of Greenland. For this, a fully-polarimetric tomographic airborne dataset, acquired by the DLR F-SAR system in the frame of the ARCTIC15 campaign, is exploited. Conference Object glacier Greenland German Aerospace Center: elib - DLR electronic library IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium 4927 4930 |
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The need of large scale observations with high temporal frequency has promoted airborne and satellite remote sensing techniques for glaciological applications. In particular, active microwave sensors, such as synthetic aperture radars (SARs), offer all-weather and daylight independent operability which is of great advantage at high latitudes, where extreme environmental conditions and long period of darkness strongly limit other kinds of sensors. Moreover, longer wavelengths allow to penetrate significantly into dry snow and ice, interacting with surface as well as subsurface features. On the one hand, this makes SAR measurements suitable to investigate the subsurface structure of glaciers and ice sheets. On the other hand, the complex interaction of microwaves with the subsurface layers makes the interpretation of SAR measurements challenging. This study investigates the potential of SAR techniques to retrieve information about glacier subsurface. SAR polarimetry and tomography are used to gain a 3D characterization of the scattering scenario of the K-transect, a site located in the ablation zone of Greenland. For this, a fully-polarimetric tomographic airborne dataset, acquired by the DLR F-SAR system in the frame of the ARCTIC15 campaign, is exploited. |
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Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study |
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Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study |
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Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study |
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Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study |
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Interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the K-Transect case study |
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interpretation of polarimetric and tomographic signatures from glacier subsurface: the k-transect case study |
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