KRMS (K(a)-band Radiometric Mapping System) GEOSAT - LIMEX '87 (Labrador Ice Margin Experiment) Data Products

• Main Authors: Eppler, Duane T., Farmer, L. D.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Computer Programming and Software; Recording and Playback Devices; *SEA ICE; *RADIOMETRY; *COMPUTER PROGRAMS; *IMAGE CONVERTERS; *MAPPING; EDGES; TRACKING; HIGH RESOLUTION; REGIONS; NOVA SCOTIA; NAVIGATION; ICE; IMAGES; FORMATS; SAMPLING; TAPES; INDEXES; OCEANS; RECORDS; ARCHIVES; ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; ANALOG SYSTEMS; PLOTTING; ANALOG SIGNALS; OPEN WATER; GLACIERS; GREENLAND SEA; EAST(DIRECTION); GREENLAND; EPHEMERIDES; ICE CAPS; LABRADOR SEA; NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE); VALIDATION; DIGITAL SYSTEMS; DATA PROCESSING; ALGORITHMS; PENINSULAS; CONVERSION; PE63207N; WUDN93327A; Greenland; Newfoundland; Scoresby; East Greenland; Greenland Sea; Ice; Ice cap; Labrador Sea; North Atlantic; permafrost; Scoresby Sound; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA219728; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA219728

The K sub a - band Radiometric Mapping System (KRMS) was used to acquire high resolution passive microwave imagery of sea ice in the East Greenland and Labrador Seas during March 1987. Images obtain in the East Greenland Sea supported NORDA's GEOSAT ice index validation experiment (Chase and Ho...