KRMS GEOSAT - LIMEX 1987 Data Products

• Main Authors: Eppler, D. T., Farmer, L. D.
• Other Authors: NAVAL OCEAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ARLINGTON VA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Cartography and Aerial Photography; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; *SEA ICE; *MAPPING; *RADIOMETRY; IMAGES; INDEXES; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; KA BAND; OPEN WATER; GLACIERS; GREENLAND SEA; GREENLAND; ICE CAPS; LABRADOR SEA; REGIONS; NEWFOUNDLAND(PROVINCE); VALIDATION; EDGES; KRMS(KA BAND RADIOMETRIC MAPPING SYSTEM); SCORESBY SOUND; LIMEX(LABRADOR ICE MARGIN EXPERIMENT); GEOSAT SATELLITE; PE63207N; 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/ADA220449; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA220449

The Ka-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 obtained in the East Greenland Sea supported NORDA's GEOSAT ice index validation experiment; Labrador Sea imag...