Evaluation of Special Sensor Microwave/Imager Sea-Ice Products

• Main Authors: Partington, Kim, Bertoia, Cheryl
• Other Authors: NAVAL ICE CENTER WASHINGTON DC
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; Numerical Mathematics; *ALGORITHMS; *SEA ICE; MICROWAVES; ICE; INFRARED IMAGES; REMOTE DETECTORS; ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES; DATA FUSION; MAPPING; CHARTS; SSM/I(SPECIAL SENSOR MICROWAVE/IMAGER); PASSIVE MICROWAVE; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA366064; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA366064

Existing SSM/I algorithms are imperfect at mapping total and partial ice concentrations. This paper reviews recent findings based on comparisons of sea-ice products against other satellite data and U.S. National Ice Center (NIC) ice charts.