Radar Backscatter Study of Sea Ice.

• Main Authors: Onstott,R G, Dome,George J, Delker,Clifford V, Patel,Javed S, Moore,R K
• Other Authors: KANSAS UNIV/CENTER FOR RESEARCH INC LAWRENCE REMOTE SENSING LAB
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1980
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment; *TARGET DISCRIMINATION; *RADAR CROSS SECTIONS; *SEA ICE; MEASUREMENT; ALASKA; BACKSCATTERING; SURFACE TARGETS; LAKES; X BAND; S BAND; L BAND; CROSS POLARIZATION; K BAND; Angular response; First year ice; Point Barrow; Multiyear ice; Ice discriminators; Scatterometers; Lake ice; Ice Point; Barrow; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA087032; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA087032

The ability to use radar to discriminate ice types has been investigated. Radar backscatter measurements were made of shorefast sea ice near Point Barrow, Alaska in May 1977 and April 1978, with a surface-based FM-CW scatterometer that swept from 1-2 GHz and from 8.5-17.5 GHz. The 1-2 GHz measuremen...