Data Fusion Interim Report

For many years now a large amount of research has gone into developing algorithms for extracting arctic ice geophysical parameters from remote sensors. The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), and airborne and satellite synthetic aperture rad...

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Main Authors: Shuchman, R., Russel, C., Wackerman, C.
Other Authors: ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INST OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1991
Subjects:
Geography
Snow
Ice and Permafrost
Miscellaneous Detection and Detectors
Active & Passive Radar Detection & Equipment
*ICE
*REMOTE DETECTORS
*DATA FUSION
*ARCTIC REGIONS
ALGORITHMS
DETECTORS
PARAMETERS
THEORY
RADIOMETERS
SEA ICE
PACK ICE
LAND ICE
GEOPHYSICS
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
AIRBORNE
MICROWAVES
RADAR
SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
HIGH RESOLUTION
SSM/I(SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE IMAGERS)
AVHRR(ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLTION RADIOMETER)
AIRBORNE RADAR
SATELLITE RADAR
MICROWAVE IMAGERS
Arctic
Ice
ice pack
permafrost
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA282907
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA282907
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Summary:For many years now a large amount of research has gone into developing algorithms for extracting arctic ice geophysical parameters from remote sensors. The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), and airborne and satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems are just some examples of sensors that can provide various geophysical products. With the problem well in hand of what a single sensor can provide about the arctic regions, the next step is to understand how combining sensors can increase our geophysical information. Such combining, or 'fusing', of sensor information has the potential for tremendous payoffs since individual sensors have different advantages and disadvantages and their fusion would, in theory, be able to utilize the strengths of each while overcoming their weaknesses. This paper provides the initial foundation for additional data fusion studies. Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Synthetic Aperture Radar.

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